
The juggernaut workload and geopolitical tangles to make 5G work for critical industry
Critical Communications World (CCW) in Vienna this week (June 20-23) told the now-familiar story of how an influential industrial sector, which has existed in a horizontal tech vacuum until now, …

Wirepas secures €10m funds to hasten launch of non-cellular private ‘5G’ system
Wirepas has received an additional €10 million cash injection from Estonia-based early-stage venture capital firm Karma and Finnish state-owned investment firm Tesi to accelerate development of its new mesh-based non-cellular …

‘No infrastructure, no middlemen’ – Wirepas preps ‘first non-cellular 5G’ for industrial IoT
IoT connectivity company Wirepas is readying a new mesh-based industrial IoT technology in the license-free 1.9 GHz spectrum band to go up against cellular-based private 5G systems. Its new product, …

Massive IoT tech MIOTY wins Fraunhofer prize for ‘outstanding scientific achievement’
The Fraunhofer Society, the largest application-oriented research organisation in Europe, has given its annual prize for outstanding scientific achievement to the novel low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology MIOTY, being lined up …

Qualcomm hails C-V2X progress with new tests, standards and product certifications
Qualcomm has hailed the progress with cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in recent months, including with certification of seven products using its own Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset. C-V2X is a global …

European standards body releases IoT security specifications
ETSI said the new standard establishes a security baseline for internet-connected consumer products The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has released what it claims to be the first globally-acceptable …

T-Systems partners with Roambee to offer asset tracking solution
Deutsche Telekom invested $3.1 million in U.S.-based IoT firm. Deutsche Telekom’s corporate customer arm T-Systems announced a global “internet of things” partnership with asset tracking specialist Roambee to offer a …

Digital Greenwich to host 5G smart city incubator with 5GIC
The University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) and Digital Greenwich have partnered to co-create and trial new 5G smart city technology. The University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), …

Industry 4.0 understanding lacking among UK manufacturers
UK manufacturers lack understanding of Industry 4.0, a new survey found. This could put UK manufacturing at risk of being left behind as other countries embrace Industry 4.0. While a …

What is mobile edge computing?
Bringing intelligence closer to the end user, what is mobile edge computing and why is it important? Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a network architecture concept that offers application developers …