
Telefónica, Deloitte-backed 5G accelerator launches UK smart-city competition
UK-based 5G consortium 5PRING, which includes Telefónica and Deloitte, has partnered with local authorities in the West Midlands in the UK, a regional focus of the UK government’s developing 5G …

Telefónica and Microsoft combine private 5G and edge compute for Industry 4.0
Telefónica has signed a deal with Microsoft to combine their private 5G networking and edge computing capabilities, respectively, for the industrial sector. The pair said their “joint vision” is to …

Zeetta Networks releases new software for private LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi slicing and splicing
The new version of the Zeetta Networks platform, which provides a dashboard for managing multiple private enterprise networks, as a “single pane of glass”, has already been tested as well …

Telefónica, APM Terminals to deploy 5G and C-V2X at Port of Barcelona
Telefónica is to deploy a 5G network for Netherlands-based port operating company APM Terminals at the Port of Barcelona. The network, in a pilot phase, will be used to connect …

Telecom Infra Project brings ‘most attractive’ edge-based private 5G into work remit
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is putting focus on edge-based private 5G networks for enterprises, as it narrows its scope from “connecting the unconnected” with wide-area cloud-based open infrastructure to …

Telefónica, Leonardo put private 5G to work on UK’s next-gen Tempest fighter plane
The UK divisions of Spain-based mobile operator Telefónica and Italy-based aerospace manufacturer Leonardo have announced a deal to collaborate on private 5G for Industry 4.0, including for the “high-pace” manufacturing …

Telefónica taps Mavenir and AWS to offer cloud-native IoT to enterprises everywhere
Telefónica is working with Mavenir and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer managed IoT connectivity to industrial, manufacturing, public sector, and automotive customers anywhere in the world using the former’s …

Ericsson provides private 5G for EU Industry 4.0 pilot at Ford plant in Spain
Ericsson is to deploy a standalone private 5G network at a Ford engine plant in Valencia, in Spain. The trial installation is part of a European Union initiative to drive …

Telefónica on 2021: Private 5G and the ‘massification’ of industrial IoT
2021 will be the year industrial IoT gets ‘massive’, when companies decide, after the impact of Covid-19, to make change, and to accelerate their digital transformation. In technology terms, a …

Telefonica, Gestamp unveil 5G-connected factory use case in Barcelona
Spanish carrier Telefónica and Gestamp, which is a multinational company that designs and manufactures automotive components, have implemented a 5G-connected factory use case in one of Gestamp’s plants in …