
Siemens to bundle radio, core, devices into full 5G system for ‘blue collar’ Industry 4.0
Siemens has said it will provide an entire industrial 5G ‘system’ for private cellular networks in industry, covering the radio access network, core network, and compatible end-devices. It said industrial …

European automotive firms, smart cities get behind industry-wide data sharing
German carrier Deutsche Telekom has issued updates on key projects around industry-wide data sharing in the automotive supply chain and smart cities sectors in Europe. It has also announced, via …

Telecom Infra Project brings ‘most attractive’ edge-based private 5G into work remit
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is putting focus on edge-based private 5G networks for enterprises, as it narrows its scope from “connecting the unconnected” with wide-area cloud-based open infrastructure to …

Deutsche Telekom ramps up NB-IoT and LTE-M roaming in bid to offer global IoT
Deutsche Telekom has said it is now offering NB-IoT connectivity in 20 countries and LTE-M in 10 countries. The company has outlined new cellular IoT contracts for water irrigation with …

Once upon a time in the (New) West – how LoRa is looking to strike gold on the IoT trail
Note, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled ‘IoT is not about LoRa vs Sigfox anymore; it is about Design Process X vs Design Process Y’. Click here …

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 …

Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom bundle cellular and compute in global ‘campus’ offer
Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom are bundling private cellular and edge computing into an integrated ‘campus’ networking package for enterprises globally. The pair are offering the same in Germany, already; their …

DT ties-up on dual-mode LTE-M/LoRaWAN, as LoRa 2.4GHz catches sail
Deutsche Telekom is working with The Things Industries (TTI), the industrial solutions division of LoRaWAN network provider The Things Network (TTN), to combine licensed and unlicensed low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies …

The trouble with co-creation in industrial IoT – why cities and telcos are dragging their heels on digital change
All this talk about a (industrial) revolution, and sometimes stuff gets left out. Scratching around for news last week, looking through half-written pieces from last year, this jumped out; about …

Deutsche Telekom annexes public network in Bonn to “milestone” 5G hospital
Deutsche Telekom has deployed a 5G ‘campus’ network in the 3.6 GHz spectrum band for University Hospital Bonn (UKB). The setup uses the German carrier’s public cellular network, optimised with …