
‘Rather large’ – 2025 private LTE/5G RAN revenues to top $2bn, rising on China surge
Global revenues from the sale of radio equipment for private LTE and 5G networks will top $2 billion by 2025, with the balance tilting towards 5G by the end of …

Paint-shop outfit Geico Taikisha bundles IoT and AI from Software AG for Audi, BMW etc
Automotive paint-shop supplier Geico Taikisha has signed with the Germany-based ADAMOS consortium of machine makers to use its industrial IoT solution to digitalize the painting process for its customers’ vehicle …

Fujitsu deploys industrial IoT platform for Ricoh chemical plant in Japan
Japanese imaging and electronics firm Ricoh Company has recruited country-mate Fujitsu to accelerate its IoT sensor and data usage at process manufacturing facilities in Japan, starting at a chemical plant …

Qualcomm on ‘accelerating the schedule’ with latest-gen 5G and Wi-Fi edge AI family
Last week, Qualcomm released a glut of IoT solutions, variously offering Wi-Fi and 5G connectivity for enterprise and industrial IoT applications. The firm, compelled by rising demand for higher-grade IoT …

How Thomas Concrete mixed industrial IoT to set foundation for digital change
Digitalization probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about concrete. But Thomas Concrete Group recognized that digital transformation through IoT enablement would be an important …

STMicro claims first hybrid power-line and wireless certification for ST8500 SoC
A hybrid version of the ST8500 system-on-chip (SoC) from Switzerland-headquartered STMicroelectronics has been certified for both power-line and wireless communications. It is the first chipset to receive the new ‘hybrid’ …

‘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, …

The state of ‘things’ in smart manufacturing – grasping at and grappling with Industry 4.0
Spending on factory-based IoT data applications will grow from $18 billion in 2019 to just over $27 billion in 2024, a rise of 50 per cent in the period. About …

Industrial IoT firm Seeq raises $50m Series C funding to power international push
Seattle-based industrial analytics company Seeq has closed a $50 million Series C funding round, led by global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. The new funding means the …

For industrial IoT, 5G isn’t enough; Huawei looks to 5.5G
Huawei Analyst Summit looks to “building a fully-connected, intelligent world” At its annual analyst summit hosted in Shenzhen, Huawei executives considered the challenges and opportunities the ICT giant and the …