
Eutelsat and OneWeb to create satellite broadband behemoth – with IoT promise
France-based Eutelsat and UK-based OneWeb have signed a provisional takeover deal, which values OneWeb at $3.4 billion, and would, if pursued and passed, would create a European satellite rival for …

Telefónica to launch 5G-based satellite NB-IoT for hard-to-reach enterprise venues
Telefónica is looking to offer a 5G-based dual-mode terrestrial-and-satellite service for NB-IoT connectivity. Its digital services business, Telefónica Tech, and managed services division, Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS), are working with …

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 4 – the features
This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the …

Global shipments of cellular IoT modules grow 39% y-o-y in 2021: Study
Quectel, Fibocom, Sunsea AIoT, Thales and Telit, hold 68% of the cellular IoT modules market in terms of revenues last year European IoT analyst firm Berg Insight reported that …

‘At a crossroads’ – make or break time for private 5G in Industry 4.0
This is the introduction to a new report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard. To read more, download the report here, or click on the …

The big 5G problem – not networks, not spectrum, but devices (Talking 5G Blues)
Note, for more on this topic, and to hear more from MFA and others, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on …

Delays? What delays? Keysight rubbishes talk of an industrial 5G logjam
Maybe it is just the way we ask the questions, but… test and measurement company Keysight Technologies has sought, effectively, to dispel any rumour and disquiet in the ranks about …

What NB-IoT and LTE-MTC enhancements are in Release 17?
3GPP will carry out a study on the possibility and required specification updates to support NB-IoT and LTE-MTC on non-terrestrial networks LTE-MTC is a low-power wide-area extension of LTE that …

Private LTE/5G nets to hit 13,500 in ’26, 5G to lead from ’24, 5G IoT devices to flow from ’23
The total number of private LTE and 5G networks will increase to 13,500 installations globally by 2026, according to analyst group Berg Insight; this is a 10-fold increase, roughly, from …

What industrial IoT URLLC enhancements are in Release 17?
Enhanced support for Industrial IoT in Release 17 covers enhancements for 5G to enable support for Time Sensitive Communications Given that 5G is seen as key to realizing the goals …