Ericsson (also) signs with T-Mobile to offer private 5G to US enterprise customers
Weird, and frustrating; Swedish vendor Ericsson has issued a press release, the day after Nordic rival Nokia, about a new working relationship with T-Mobile in the US on private 5G. …

Totally overhyped and utterly indispensable – why private 5G matters
What to say about the state of the private 5G market – about the state of ‘things’, if you like, at the top-end of the IoT game? I was asked …

T-Mobile US appoints Nokia to build private 5G and hybrid 5G offer for US enterprises
T-Mobile US has recruited Nokia to help it with private 5G and hybrid public-private 5G networks. The pair will develop products for T-Mobile’s new suite of network solutions for enterprise …

New iBwave platform offers combined private 5G and Wi-Fi network design
Network design company iBwave Solutions has introduced new software to help US enterprises dovetail their local-area private Wi-Fi and LTE/5G designs in a single platform. The solution is geared for …

CTS provides CBRS private wireless network for sinkhole detection in Florida
MicroSeismic will rely on the CTS private network for more timely sinkhole detection and intervention Communication Technology Services (CTS) said that MicroSeismic, Inc is leveraging its private LTE wireless Network-as-a-Service …

Federated Wireless raises another $14m in Series D to take total funding to $213m
US-based Federated Wireless, offering shared spectrum services in the CBRS band, has raised a further $14 million in Series D funding, to go with its $58 million Series D announcement …

Federated Wireless and CalChip Connect combine on private 5G install, reseller offer
US IoT distributor CalChip Connect (CCC) has selected Federated Wireless for private LTE and 5G, both for its own distribution centre in Pennsylvania, and as a distribution product for CalChip …

Dish and Cisco partner with Duke University to trial CBRS neutral-host network
Dish Wireless and Cisco, in partnership with Internet2, have launched a Neutral Host Network (NHN) pilot at Duke University using Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) shared spectrum. Stephen Bye, chief commercial …

Helium rebranded Nova Labs, raises $200m in Series D – from a16z, DT, Goodyear, Nokia
Helium, the company in charge of the crowd-sourced Helium non-cellular IoT and cellular 5G networks, has rebranded as Nova Labs, and announced $200 million of Series D funding from New …

Sympathy for the devil – a private 5G story (thoughts on MWC)
This might seem like a cop-out, but the irresistible narrative from MWC over the week, that the grand-standing on the show floor masked (and revealed) a battle between three industries …