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Hyperscalers, integrators, operators – the fight to be top dog in Industry 4.0

It is easy to be benevolent when you’re top-dog. Which is true in life, of course – and is not to say that goodness should be graded by the relative comfort of the do-gooder. But what goodness is there in a boardroom, really? Because...

Revolutionizing industries through the power of 5G 

The deployment of 5G networks has been one of the most anticipated technological advancements in recent years. The lightning-fast speeds, low latency, and massive connectivity that 5G offers make it the perfect platform for a wide range of innovative applications across various industries. Read...

Nokia bags global SI deal with DXC for private 5G, smart-city private 5G gig in France

Nokia has announced a go-to-market deal for its private edge networking system with US-based system integrator DXC Technology. The pair said they will bundle the former’s compute and cellular components with the latter’s network operations centre (NOC) and management analytics in a DXC-branded managed...

‘True value of 5G is with enterprises, not consumers’ – HPE’s Athonet deal goes through

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has completed its purchase of Italian private core networking specialist Athonet. The US outfit hailed it as “a major leap forward… to revolutionize the private networking market”. It said it would do this, “in part”, by “simplifying and accelerating” private...

Private 5G for IoT – what apps, if any, will bring 5G out of the long shadow of LTE? (part 2)

Note this article is continued from a previous post, under the header: Private 5G for IoT – a year to get real, two to get really-real, six to be ‘seamless’. To read the previous entry, go here.; to watch the original webinar discussion on...

Cellnex deploys private 5G network at Spanish airport

Cellnex deployed a private 5G network at San Sebastian airport using equipment from Nokia Spanish airport operator Aena and European telecom infrastructure and services operator Cellnex Telecom have started the operation of a private network based on 5G technology at San Sebastian International Airport, in...

Celona staffs-up for private-5G Euro push, updates orchestrator tool

California-based private cellular provider Celona has staffed-up its nascent European operation with new senior-level joiners from Qualcomm in the US, notably, plus from UK-based tech consultancy and integrator Empowered Technology. Celona is seeking to sell its private LTE/5G system into operator channels in Europe,...

Private 5G for IoT – a year to get real, two to get really-real, six to be ‘seamless’ (part 1)

In case you missed it, RCR Wireless ran a webinar session last month under the heading ‘Private 5G for IoT – plotting timelines, defining applications, and making bets’. The session is available on-demand, and also attached to a full editorial report, out in a...

Samsung opens new innovation center with focus on next-gen network capabilities

The new innovation center at the Samsung headquarters in Plano, Texas explores vRAN, FWA and private 5G Samsung has opened the doors to a new innovation and briefing center at its headquarters in Plano, Texas. In a press statement, Christine Nelson, senior manager of Samsung...

The drugs do work – enterprises get buzzed on the tech-no-one-shall-speak-of (aka Industry 4.0)

Are we being hoodwinked? Has the marketing got away from us? Maybe, and maybe not. When will we see a tech vendor put its name to a report that discusses the societal dangers of sacking a workforce to make everything zero-touch autonomous – so...

Wipro, Cisco launch managed private 5G-as-a-service solution

Wipro said that new offering enables enterprises to integrate private 5G with their existing LAN/WAN/Cloud infrastructure Indian IT services and consulting firm Wipro launched a managed private 5G-as-a-service solution in partnership with Cisco, the former said in a release. Wipro said that new offering enables enterprise...

NEC, VTTI combine private 5G and AI to improve road safety

The pair have created a roadway warning system to identify and then alert drivers and pedestrians to hazardous situations NEC Corporation of America (NEC) and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) announced this week that they have created a roadway warning system that relies on private 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) to potentially...

Apple brings global support for (white-collar) private 5G

Apple has opened support in iOS 17 for private data-only cellular networks running LTE and 5G (in both standalone and non-standalone mode), meaning most new and new-ish iPhone (13 and up) and iPad models can now be used as work devices in private network...

Federated Wireless demos private 5G use cases for US DoD

Federated Wireless showcased how private 5G can make applications like real-time robotics and smart security cameras possible Federated Wireless revealed that its demonstrations of a 5G private wireless network leveraging 5G-enabled IoT applications to support smart warehouse automation were deemed successful. The demos, which took place in...

New-enterprise private-network installs inch-upwards by 6% in Q1 to top 1,148

Latest stats from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) says at least 1,148 organisations in 74 countries had deployed private LTE (4G) and 5G networks by the end of March (Q1 2023), up from 1,077 at the end of 2022. Which means (!?) 71...

Private 5G – the bigger view | “… the future will be hybrid” (part 2)

Note, this article, a direct transcript of a conversation with Kathiravan Kandasamy, vice president of product management at US-based carrier services company Syniverse, continues from a previous entry, which can be found here. … You mentioned also that, in your experience with customers, that the private...

Private 5G – the bigger view | “Yes, that is the dream, but…” (part 1)

So, is the correct way to look at this, then, that the private 5G market, when it talks about private 5G, is obsessed with a future where Volkswagen is animating its production lines using Release 18-level URLLC 5G networks? But that the wider enterprise...

Telecoms only matters to telecoms – and other lessons about selling private 5G

So where were we? Ah yes: five conclusions about the potential of private 5G to transform telco operations, and telco fortunes – as told by mobile network operators (MNOs) at RCR Live in London last month (all sessions available on-demand).  The conclusions, if we recall,...

Verizon Business opens UK private 5G hub for EMEA enterprises

Verizon Business has opened a UK demo office in London to showcase private 5G services and applications for enterprises. The new venue, called the London Hub, is aimed at customers in Europe and Asia Pacific, the company said, which it finds itself pitching to...

Samsung, NAVER Cloud deploy private 5G for Hoban Construction

Samsung Electronics and NAVER Cloud have expanded their collaboration to launch a private 5G network for Hoban Construction, a Korean company specializing in construction, property development and manufacturing. company. The aim of the network is enable 5G-supported applications like drone-based, high-resolution monitoring for live site...

HPE targets Indian carriers with 5G, automation tech: Report

HPE sees the Indian market as an opportunity for its private 5G network offering Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is currently engaged in talks with telecom operators in India to deploy automation technologies, local newspaper The Economic Times reported. Tom Craig, global vice president and general manager...

Nokia unveils 4G, 5G core network software solutions

Nokia estimated that the addressable market for core networks in enterprise private wireless is expected to reach $1.6 billion by 2027 Nokia unveiled its new network software solutions for the field and wide area network (FAN/WAN) needs of public safety and power utilities. The vendor said...

India won’t allocate spectrum to firms for private 5G networks

Over 20 companies in India had applied to secure 5G spectrum to set private networks in the country India’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has reportedly decided that it will not directly allocate 5G spectrum to enterprises for the deployment of private 5G networks, local newspaper...

The role of private 5G in telco transformation (five conclusions)

A session at RCR Live in London last month considered the role of new private cellular networks as a platform for industrial transformation, and as part of the broader event topic of telco transformation. It brought together private 5G specialists from UK-based mobile network...