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ZTE explains how to accelerate the upgrade of smart manufacturing

The full connectivity of digital infrastructure and the intelligent platform are the twin engines for smart factories to accelerate the intelligent manufacturing upgrade, according to Summer Chen, Vice President and General Manager of Branding and PR Strategies at ZTE. During a presentation at the Manufacturing...

Battery maker Basquevolt taps Telefónica for URLLC factory upgrade (minus 5G, Wi-Fi)

Telefónica and Siemens are to provide Spanish battery manufacturer Basquevolt with the “best technological and connectivity solutions” to launch a new “prototyping line” at its plant in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country region in northern Spain. The project specifies an ultra-fast and...

Siemens targets critical industry as US smart factory investments top $500m

Siemens has announced a new $150 million smart factory in Dallas-Fort Worth in the US to supply electrical equipment to US data centers and critical infrastructure. The new facility will make use of sundry Siemens-made IoT and AI software tools, notably to support digital...

On-prem vs cloud IoT data collection: The pros and cons (Reader Forum)

In today's data-driven world, a significant amount of data storage still happens on-premise. However, when organizations opt for cloud solutions, it is often through cloud subscriptions with hyperscalers like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. These cloud-based services offer tools for building applications, but...

Verizon deploys private 5G for Deloitte Industry 4.0 showcase at Wichita State

Verizon has deployed a private 5G network at the 5,500 square-metre ‘smart factory’ at Wichita State University in Kansas, in the US. The showcase facility, dubbed Smart Factory @ Wichita, is on the university’s science research campus. It is sponsored and “convened” by the...

‘Largest private industrial 5G network in Europe’ – by Nokia, for ASN (Nokia)

The “largest private industrial 5G network in Europe” has opened in Calais, in France, using 59 small cell antennas to cover a 50,000 square-metre production site belonging to Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), the optical submarine division of telecoms vendor Nokia. The Finnish firm has...

‘That’s the fun part’ – how to scale private 5G (by the only enterprise that knows)

Want to know how to scale private 5G across manufacturing plants and manufacturing applications? Well, European aviation and aerospace manufacturer Airbus knows how. Of course, if you have followed the Airbus story in these pages, or caught its feature presentations and panel discussions at...

LG Uplus collaborates with Fanuc to develop smart factory platform

LG Uplus will provide cloud-based services using artificial intelligence tools under a subscription model to help small business customers reduce initial investment costs South Korea's third largest operator, LG Uplus, announced plans to work with automation company Fanuc to develop a smart factory platform to...

BMW tests 5G positioning with Vodafone and Nokia at Leipzig factory

Vodafone Germany has been busy with private networks for Industry 4.0. A new announcement, with Nokia, says the pair are testing high-accuracy indoor positioning (HAIP) services over a 5G ‘campus network’ (‘campus-netz’) at BMW’s factory in Leipzig, the car maker’s premier site for testing...

Food giant Mars set to rollout IoT and AI across global production lines

US-based food manufacturing giant Mars has rolled out digital twin technology, marrying IoT sensor outputs with AI analytics inputs in a edge/cloud dashboard, across its factories in the US, specifically to reduce instances of over-filling packages in food production. The solution, designed with IT...

Chunghwa deploys private 5G network at Delta Electronics factory in Thailand

Taiwanese telecoms operator Chunghwa Telecom has deployed a private 5G network for local electronics manufacturer Delta Electronics, in conjunction with state-owned telecommunications company National Telecom, formerly TOT PCL, and MVNO and IoT airtime provider The WhiteSpace. The network has been installed at Delta Electronics’...

Nestlé intros “first” all-private 5G in Latin America – with Ericsson, Claro, Embratel

Swiss food-and-drink manufacturing conglomerate Nestlé has tapped Brazilian telecoms duo Claro and Embratel, both subsidiaries of Mexican group América Móvil, to build a private 5G network at a factory in Caçapava, a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Swedish vendor Ericsson...

ABB India upgrades smart power facility in Bangalore

ABB explained that its Bangalore facility manufactures, tests, and supplies ABB Smart Power’s complete range of low voltage power equipment   ABB India has recently expanded and upgraded its smart power factory in Bangalore, India to meet the growing demand growth for its smart power solutions...

Singtel deploys 5G network at Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center

Singtel said it will implement its Paragon solution, an all-in-one platform for 5G networks, edge computing management and services orchestration   Singapore operator Singtel signed an agreement with Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) to deploy Singtel’s 5G infrastructure network solutions at the Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Center...

Federated Wireless and CalChip Connect combine on private 5G install, reseller offer

US IoT distributor CalChip Connect (CCC) has selected Federated Wireless for private LTE and 5G, both for its own distribution centre in Pennsylvania, and as a distribution product for CalChip Connect to resell to enterprise customers. Federated Wireless called CCC the “leading IoT distributor”...

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, and also sometimes abstract. “Sure, it is a ramble; but, then, nothing is certain,”...

Schneider Electric taps NTT for private 5G for smart factories and data centres

Industrial automation and energy management provider Schneider Electric is to install NTT’s new private 5G solution at its flagship ‘smart factory’ production facility in Lexington, Kentucky, and progressively through the French firm’s factories and data centres. It appears, as well, that Schneider Electric will...

Atos announces construction of Industry 4.0 plant in France

  French IT firm Atos recently launched its "Factory of the Future" project in Angers, France, the company said in a release. With this new factory, Atos said it aims to improve the quality of life at work for its employees, while meeting the "highest technological...

UiPath works with Deloitte in the Smart Factory @ Wichita initiative

  UiPath, a robotic process automation (RPA) software company, recently announced it has become a builder sponsor of The Smart Factory @ Wichita, a new Industry 4.0 immersive experience center by Deloitte. As a sponsor of The Smart Factory @ Wichita, UiPath said it will showcase...

‘All the capabilities to be a front-runner’ – OBS and the SI model for Industry 4.0

Note, this article is continued from a previous entry, under the headline: 'A "different beast" in the telco pack – often it’s not about 5G at all, says Orange'. For the first instalment, go here. We should rewind, and hit play again on the Safran...

Airtel, TCS demonstrate 5G-based use cases for factories

"Neural Manufacturing" solutions the focus of Airtel 5G demos Indian operator Bharti Airtel and compatriot company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said they have successfully tested innovative use cases from TCS’ Neural Manufacturing solutions suite on Airtel’s 5G network. Airtel has been allocated 5G trial spectrum by...

Honeywell opens smart factories in Eastern Europe to drive smart logistics in region

US smart buildings and performance materials conglomerate Honeywell is to open an advanced research and development (R&D) testing facility in the Czech Republic for its Honeywell Intelligrated warehouse automation business. The new facility, to establish central and eastern Europe as a warehouse automation hub...

Huawei, Haier, China Mobile unveil 5G solutions for smart manufacturing

  Haier, China’s largest consumer electronics and home appliance producer, collaborated with Huawei and China mobile to apply innovative manufacturing solutions combining 5G and mobile edge computing in its smart factories. Developed at a joint-innovation base established in February, the solutions integrate 5G edge computing with...

Wired vs. wireless factories: Why invest in 5G manufacturing?

To further explore the intersection of 5G and manufacturing, register for the 5G Manufacturing Forum.  Differences between wired and wireless connectivity at factory floors When it comes to deploying connectivity on the factory floor, choosing whether to deploy wired or wireless connectivity chiefly depends on the...