Vodafone proves LTE-based RPS tech for controlling drones in no-fly zones
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailMobile connectivity can be used to construct airspace geo-fences as virtual barriers to prevent drones from entering no-fly zones such as airports, or indeed leaving their designated fly zones. This …
New French model for public-private 5G networks will prevail, says Orange
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOrange told 5G World in London yesterday (July 12) that private networks are too expensive, and that hiving off spectrum for the industrial sector to run private networks will throttle …
Cellular IoT to outgun 5G, says Ericsson, offering early snapshot of industrial 5G, private networks
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe number of cellular IoT connections, mostly to machines, will continue to outrun the number of 5G connections, mostly to people, for at least five years. Ericsson predicts cellular IoT …
Connecting agriculture: LoRa, NB-IoT, LTE, and 5G – once and future kings of smart farming (part 3)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAs we have heard, the UK’s 5G RuralFirst project is trying to do with 5G (or 5G-related tech) what the telecoms industry has failed to do with previous generations, and …
Connecting agriculture: LoRa, NB-IoT, LTE, and 5G – and a ‘network of networks’ for smart farming (part 2)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailLow-power wide-area (LPWA) networking technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT, among others, are helping farmers to connect their work to the internet, as we have heard. This connectivity provides a platform …
Why farming needs 5G, and not just LoRaWAN and NB-IoT – an investor’s view, from NGP Capital
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCertain functions of smart farming will not work on low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, even while technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT tend to support most smart agricultural technologies, as they exist …
5G will hit the IoT market in late 2020 and struggle for years, claims report
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNext-generation 5G technology will only appear in the internet-of-things (IoT) market in late 2020, and struggle to find its mark in the space for years afterwards, according to a new …
Industry 4.0 Q&A: “Manufacturers already tried LTE and it failed miserably,” says KPMG
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHow will incoming cellular technologies transform manufacturing, and spur its drive for smarter production? That is the question Enterprise IoT Insights put to both sides of the industrial divide in …
Editorial Report | Digital Factory Solutions Series – Industrial LTE and 5G
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHow will incoming cellular technologies transform smart manufacturing? In the first installment in a new series on smart manufacturing technologies, UK-based global editor-in-chief editor James Blackman looks at the role …
Orange on URLLC (and private 5G): “The economics favour public networks”
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNote, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled “Orange on LPWA: ‘If there’s no improvement in the radio, we’ll keep the same system’.” Click here to go to …
