Orange Belgium, Nokia demo 5G use cases including autonomous cars
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail During the demo, the two partners reached a 6 Gbps throughput using the 3.5 GHz band Orange Belgium teamed up with Nokia to demonstrate the potential and future …
Orange’s €350m purchase of Basefarm will make it a “global player” in digital enterprise
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailOrange has completed its acquisition of Basefarm through its subsidiary Orange Business Services. The deal signifies Orange taking an “important step” towards becoming “a global player” in digital enterprise, following …
European cellular IoT market to grow 384% by 2023, but telcos warned of LoRa, Sigfox
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe European market for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will grow to 416.5 million connections by 2023, from 86 million at the end of 2017, according to ABI Research. This growth, …
Cisco and Samsung join with Orange in 5G FWA smart city trial in Romania
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailCisco and Samsung have completed the first successful 5G fixed-wireless tests on Orange’s live network in Romania. The fixed-wireless access (FWA) tests, in the 26 GHz band, have verified a …
AT&T among 15 operators to commit to GSMA’s IoT security guidelines
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailMobile operators from every region have backed the GSMA’s new IoT security guidelines. AT&T is the only US operator so far to have committed to the GSMA measures; it is …
Orange launches AI acceleration program in Silicon Valley
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe new platform, dubbed Orange Fab, was launched in partnership with a group of investors and companies French telecommunication group Orange has launched Orange Fab, a Silicon Valley acceleration …
Industry welcomes Macron’s $1.85bn AI initiative as latest in new tech arms race
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailFrench president Emmanuel Macron’s commitment to invest €1.5bn ($1.85bn) in new education and business initiatives around artificial intelligence (AI) was applauded by the telecoms industry, but only as the latest …
France-based Orange follows Macron’s AI promise with new jobs and training
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailOrange said in a statement it supports the French government’s new plan on artificial intelligence (AI), and announced in tandem the acceleration of its own use of AI. The France-based …
Two-thirds of IoT networks running Lora, Sigfox; one third running smart-city apps
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailUnlicensed networks, mostly based on LoRa and Sigfox, make up two-thirds of low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks today, according to a study of 100 LPWA networks by IoT research firm ON …
Cars take pole on grid of Euro carriers’ IoT priorities, ahead of factories and cities
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailEuropean network operators are prioritizing connected cars over other sectors and assets when it comes to internet of things (IoT) technologies, they have said. Both Orange and Telefónica said the …
