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Another 5G first – ‘first hybrid private 5G in Europe’, claim Vodafone and Porsche

Another private 5G story, and another which claims primacy and (apparently) unmatched scale. Vodafone Business, the enterprise division of UK operator Vodafone, has said it has built “Europe’s first hybrid private 5G network”, on a site covering 700 hectares. The hybrid definition, here, means...

Private networks in numbers – surge or stasis? (Down a rabbit hole with a calculator)

We need to talk about private networks (some more). Because earlier this month, Enterprise IoT Insights opened the European edition of Private Networks Forum with a salutary address about the market, going so far as to suggest business is “flying” in most major industrial...

The question is always the same: ‘Can we trust you?’ – NTT on its big-ticket 5G wins

NTT is making waves in the private 5G market right now; deals with BMW on a test installation at its production site in Dingolfing in Germany and with local airport operator Fraport on a major commercial engagement at Frankfurt Airport (which followed a parallel...

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 3 – the spectrum

This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...

Lufthansa Technik doubles-down on private 5G in Hamburg workshops

Lufthansa Technik, which has arguably set down the definitive private 5G deployment in the Industry 40 sector, has extended its private 5G network in Hamburg, Germany, to a second aircraft engine ‘overhaul workshop’, it has announced. The firm is now running remote parts inspection...

O2 Telefónica talks-up private 5G install and 5G positioining app in Leipzig hospital

As well as a new private 5G deployment in Hamburg for IT service provider Dataport, covered Wednesday (March 30), O2 Telefónica has confirmed a private 5G setup at the Helios Park-Klinikum, a private psychiatric and orthopedics hospital, in Leipzig. O2 Telefónica led the installation,...

Porsche test drives private 5G from Ericsson at Leipzig production plant

German sports car manufacturer Porsche has recruited Ericsson for a private 5G network at its manufacturing production complex in Leipzig, in Germany. Porsche is using an enterprise 5G licence from German regulator BNetzA in the 3.7-3.8 GHz ‘vertical’ spectrum band. It said the deployment...

‘Alarming’ – private 5G window is ‘closing to telcos’, almost before it opens

The rarefied opportunity for telcos to reinvent themselves with private 5G, as more than just dinosaur utility pipes, is about to pass the operator community by, according to ABI Research. The window of opportunity, presented by spectrum liberalisation and stripped-back 5G systems, is “closing”...

Nokia deploys private 5G network for KUKA production site in Germany

Nokia is to deploy a private 5G network at industrial robot and automation specialist maker KUKA’s ‘smart’ production and development centre in Augsburg, in Germany. Nokia’s compact ‘digital automation cloud’ (DAC) private LTE and 5G solution, geared for quick-fire local-area deployments, will support product...

Deutsche Telekom to build ‘a million square metres’ of private 5G at Hanover Fairground

Trade fair operator Deutsche Messe has secured a private 5G licence from German network agency BNetzA for the Hanover fairground in Germany, home to Germany’s flagship Industrie 4.0 event. It has recruited Germany-based carrier Deutsche Telekom to set up “one of the largest 5G...

Investments in shared and unlicensed LTE/5G spectrum to hit $4bn by 2024

Investments in shared and unlicensed LTE and 5G spectrum will reach $4bn by 2024, according to Dubai-based market intelligence outfit SNS Telecom & IT. The forecast comes on the back of broadening spectrum liberalisation in global markets in 2020, led by the CBRS scheme...

Integrator Smart Mobile Labs tees-up first German private 5G SA system – with Nokia

German system integrator Smart Mobile Labs is working with Nokia to deploy a private 5G network at the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany, according to the Finnish vendor. It called the new deployment “the first true” 5G standalone (SA) campus network in Germany –...

Siticom, Airspan target German private 5G market, starting with Fraunhofer installation

System integrator Siticom is to deploy a private 5G network using standalone (SA) 5G at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) in Germany. In parallel, it has struck a deal to use open radio access network (RAN) hardware from US-based Airspan Networks in...

67 local licences in 10 months – 5G in the home of Industry 4.0 and the jeapordy for carriers

Germany has issued 67 local spectrum licences for private LTE and 5G to enterprises since November 2019. What should we make of this number, and the run-rate so far for industrial-grade cellular in the home of Industrie 4.0? Because 67 does not sound like that...

NTT and Mavenir target Industry 4.0 in Germany with open private-5G combo

NTT Data, the business services division of NTT Group, is working with open RAN provider Mavenir to jointly develop a “complete range” of radio and core access solutions, plus data and device management platforms and analytics tools, for private 5G and 4G networks in...

Industrial 5G will be ‘centre of digitalization for years to come’, says Siemens

Private industrial 5G will be at the heart of manufacturing production from 2021, Siemens has said, as the industrial giant continues to move ahead with test networks at its electronics works in Amberg and automotive centre in Nuremburg, both in Germany. Both deployments use Siemens’...

Lufthansa doubles-down with second private 5G trial – with help from Vodafone

More detail has emerged about the private industrial 5G operations Lufthansa has pegged to its new holding in the 3.7-3.8 GHz spectrum in Germany, with Vodafone emerging, as well as Nokia, as early partner for the German airline’s technical services division. Separately of Nokia’s proclamation...

Lufthansa gets spectrum licence, deploys Nokia private 5G for remote engine checks

Note, this story has been referenced and updated in a new post, Lufthansa doubles-down with second private 5G trial – with help from Vodafone, which can be found here. German airline Deutsche Lufthansa (Lufthansa) has gained a spectrum licence for operating private LTE and...

Five steps on the road to industrial 5G – licences / fees (step #3)

This article, in five parts, is continued from Step 2, about spectrum and regulation; Step 2 can be found here. “Once frequency usage fees have been clarified – a significant detail required for investments in industrial 5G – nothing will stand in the way of...

Five steps on the road to industrial 5G – spectrum / regulation (#2)

This article, in five parts, is continued from Step 1, about spectrum and regulation; this can be found here. 2. SPECTRUM / REGULATION Another crucial part of the jigsaw-roadmap –  a clearing of the road, rather than a shortcut – is with spectrum. The lack of...

German court clears path for 5G spectrum auction

  The country’s three mobile carriers had filed legal claims to challenge the terms of the 5G auction   A German court has dismissed the legal claims filed by the country’s three mobile carriers against the terms of an incoming 5G spectrum auction, the Federal Network Agency...