
MGA Tech taps Edzcom (taps Nokia) for 5G-based Industry 4.0 co-creation platform
Custom-machine manufacturer MGA Technologies has engaged Finland-based industrial networking specialist Edzcom, owned by Spanish tower company Cellnex, to deploy a private 5G network from Nokia at its new MGA TechLab …

Scotland opens 5G hubs in Strathclyde, Glasgow – to be at ‘forefront’ of Industry 4.0
The Scotland 5G Centre (S5GC), a government-sponsored research centre with the universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, has opened new private 5G network testbeds in Aberdeen and Kilmarnock, in Scotland. The …

Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra partner to offer 5G-based enterprise solutions
The partners will set up a joint 5G innovation lab for developing locally developed use cases for the Indian and global markets Indian telco Bharti Airtel and compatriot tech …

O2 Telefónica talks-up private 5G install and 5G positioining app in Leipzig hospital
As well as a new private 5G deployment in Hamburg for IT service provider Dataport, covered Wednesday (March 30), O2 Telefónica has confirmed a private 5G setup at the Helios …

Nokia to supply private 5G to Etisalat UAE’s smart-city and Industry 4.0 clients
Nokia has signed a deal with telecoms operator E&, formerly Etisalat Group, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to deploy 5G private networks for enterprises in Abu Dhabi. The pair …

Shrunk-down and shrink-wrapped – Cisco’s private 5G service play and channel strategy
Cisco took time out with Enterprise IoT Insights at MWC a couple of weeks back to discuss its late entry into the private 5G market, plus its channel strategy around …

Celona closes new financing round for $60 million
Celona said that the proceeds will be used to accelerate the firm’s worldwide expansion, channel growth and R&D efforts California-based Celona announced that it has closed a $60 million …

‘We are a tech-co, not a telco… designed to prime’ – BT on the private 5G sales game
The operator pack, as one would expect, is dividing in two around the Industry 4.0 market, suggests UK-based BT, with serious-minded enterprise-geared providers restructuring their sales operations in order to …

Real business outcomes and ‘one throat to choke’ – IBM on what Industry 4.0 wants
Another late entry from the MWC files, this time from a discussion with IBM; but another one, again, where the talk is somehow timeless, at least in a 2022/3 timeframe, …

Vodafone and Nokia install private 5G at UK marine-tech testbed on Plymouth Sound
Vodafone and Nokia have deployed a private LTE and 5G network to underpin “the world’s first marine-focused 5G testbed” in the UK port city of Plymouth, on the Devon coast. …