
‘Without mobility, there is no point in doing any industrial automation’: Telefonica Germany CTIO
The utility of industrial automation is inextricably linked to mobility and portability, says the chief technology and information officer of O2 Telefónica. And mobile network operators bring to the managed …

Operators advised to start again with private 5G in spectrum markets they still control
More operator-bashing this morning at a two-day Informa event in London (Private Networks in a 5G World, June 14 and 15); the opportunity to take cellular into enterprise premises is …

Integration, simplification, multiplication – three signs private 5G has come of age
This is a rehash (and extension, in the end) of a previous post, to an extent; but it distils the message from before, and says there are sure signs, at …

Private networks: All about coverage and capacity, for now, and LTE fits the bill
HANOVER, Germany—For all of the hype around tailoring industrial networks to meet the most demanding applications and connecting all sorts of automated and intelligent “things”, private networks are, at this …
Corporate telco provider Iconec taps Athonet for private 5G push in Germany
German telecoms provider and system integrator Iconec (stylised iconec) is working with private LTE and 5G specialist Athonet to bring the Italian firm’s core network platform to the German enterprise …

Totally overhyped and utterly indispensable – why private 5G matters
What to say about the state of the private 5G market – about the state of ‘things’, if you like, at the top-end of the IoT game? I was asked …

Nokia integrates Wi-Fi 6/6E and private 5G – plus switching mechanic to go between
Nokia has added Wi-Fi 6 and 6E to its seminal Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private LTE and 5G networking product, available from the fourth quarter of 2022. DAC support for …

Ericsson creates private 5G division to go straight to enterprises – plus new AI-5G unit
Ericsson has restructured its business and management to reflect its new growth strategy, which hinges on private 5G and cloud services, and has set a group target of 15-18 percent …

NTT to pilot private LTE/5G network for global chemicals company
NTT is deploying a pilot private LTE/5G and Wi-Fi network for specialty chemicals company Albemarle Corporation at the company’s lithium mine in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Global communication is a …

The diversity of private network use cases demands multi-vendor solutions
Qualcomm on how to hide technical complexity and deliver private network use cases to enterprise Delivering a private network to carpeted enterprises and heavy industries is a multi-billion dollar, long-term …