
Bosch to make billions with green tech – 5G, IoT, AI subsumed in green Industry 4.0 push
German industrial giant Bosch has shifted its messaging, perhaps, in time for Hannover Messe, Europe’s big industrial trade fair, which sees its return next week after three calendar years of …

Unplug-and-play – 5G is the future of factory automation (Reader Forum)
The latest developments in cloud-based AI and edge computing, coupled with 5G’s enhanced bandwidth, are about to mobilise robots like never before and unleash a manufacturing revolution, explains Richard Cockle, …

‘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 …

Green business is good business – the six most sustainable smart factories
It is a silly headline, and an opt-in competition, but the World Economic Forum’s list of ‘lighthouse factories’, acknowledged for their use of Industry 4.0 kit, now stretches to 103 …

China leads smart-factory hall of fame – US way behind as Industry 4.0 powerhouse
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has added 13 new smart factories to its ‘global lighthouse network’ of flagship sites for advanced manufacturing; its total network, proclaimed for their use of …

LG CNS applies for South Korea’s second 5G private network: Report
South Korea aims to award frequencies in the 28 GHz band for private 5G networks LG CNS, the IT division of South Korea’s LG Group, has applied for government …

5G and Wi-Fi will coexist – as ‘gory detail’ of the tech fades (Federated Wireless on 2022)
When you’re launching a new technology, it’s easy to develop a rooting interest. It’s only human – you devote your passion and energy to this new innovation, and you want …

Telstra and Ericsson supply private 5G for Australian agri-tech collective
Telstra has deployed a private 5G network for industrial tech organisation AgriFood Connect in Australia. It has worked with Ericsson on the deployment; it is the Swedish vendor’s first private-5G …

Verizon strikes deal with Google Cloud to complete the 5G-MEC set in the US
Verizon and Google Cloud have confirmed a partnership on 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC). Verizon said it is the first US operator to offer “5G mobile edge computing” with …

The year of industrial AI – so long as it is underpinned and understood (Bosch on 2022)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining momentum as a key technology for industrial applications and will be one of the big focus topics in 2022. Many companies are curious and open …