
Mitsubishi Electric, NTT Docomo team up on private 5G for Industry 4.0 in Thailand
Japanese manufacturing group Mitsubishi Electric has inducted country-mate NTT Docomo into its new Industry 4.0 alliance in Thailand in order to offer private 5G with smart manufacturing solutions from other …

Private 5G will be ‘standard network’ for 90% of enterprises in top private 5G markets
Over 80 percent of (more than four in five) chief information officers and “senior leaders” plan to deploy private 5G networks within the next 24 months. So says a new …

UnaBiz raises $25m in Series B round to set itself as ‘unified LPWAN’ solution provider
Singapore-based IoT service provider UnaBiz has raised a further $25 million as part of a Series B funding round led by Tokyo-based investment company SPARX Group. The round was oversubscribed, …

Landis+Gyr buys meter maker Luna, as part of busy spree in AMI and EV sectors
Landis+Gyr has acquired Turkey-based smart meter maker Luna Elektrik Elektronik for a “high double digit million dollar fee”, it said. It is the latest in a string of deals for …

Soracom raises new funds from major customers and collaborators in Japan
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom has announced new investment from six technology firms, including from two major IoT customers, in the form Nippon Gas (NICIGAS) and Sourcenext Corporation in the …

Samsung and Optage to build private 5G network in Japan
Samsung Electronics will implement a dedicated private 5G network at Japanese service provider Optage’s plant facility. The network will support 4K Ultra HD-based live-streaming videos, transmitted from multiple devices, including …

Nokia to deploy dedicated 5G for ‘Industry 4.0 hotbed’ in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture
Local Japanese telco KATCH is looking to hoover up Industry 4.0 contracts among automotive and high-tech manufacturers in the Aichi Prefecture, in Japan, after apponting Finnish vendor Nokia and local …

IoT firm UnaBiz intros low-power GPS trackers to monitor black bears in Japan
Singapore-based Sigfox operator and IoT service provider UnaBiz is providing low-power GPS trackers to monitor Asian black bears in Japan, and help keep the peace with local residents. The company …

Nokia strikes deals for LTE smart-grid in Denmark, 5G university-campus in Japan
Nokia has announced a deal with Danish network operator and internet provider Cibicom to deploy an LTE network in the 450MHz band to underpin mission critical services and “mass volume …

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 – …