
5G could add £6.3bn to UK manufacturing sector by 2030, says Vodafone
Adoption of 5G could add £6.3 billion to the value of the UK manufacturing industry by 2030, according to a new report from Vodafone. Investment in 5G in manufacturing could …

UK industrial 5G testbed recruits Accedian to run quality checks on slicing and splicing
Canada based performance analytics software company Accedian has joined the UK government’s 5G-ENCODE project, billed as the UK’s largest trial of industrial 5G. Accedian will introduce performance monitoring and assurance …

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 …

BT, Toshiba deploy unhackable quantum-secure fibre for Industry 4.0 data transfers
BT and Toshiba have deployed an unhackable six-kilometre length of quantum encrypted fibre optic cable for transfer of highly sensitive data between different industrial facilities. It is the first deployment …

What is 5G ENCODE? All about the UK’s biggest industrial 5G project
Buried towards the bottom of the UK government’s announcement early last month of £65 million of new funding for rural and industrial 5G, part of a £200 million government fund …

IIC shows how to optimise assets in smart buildings, machines in smart factories
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has announced results from a pair of testbeds investigating, alternatively, artificial intelligence (AI) for smart buildings management and ways to connect up old factories to …

Cisco starts certifying Wi-SUN industrial routers for smart grids, cities, factories
Cisco has started certifying a number of its industrial routers for smart grids, smart cities, and smart manufacturing under new Wi-SUN standards, as the San Jose based outfit throws its …

IIC sets up automation testbed for print industry with Fujitsu, IBM, RTI, Toshiba
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has established a ‘smart printing factory testbed’ in collaboration with Fujitsu, IBM, Real-Time Innovations (RTI) and Toshiba to develop technologies to help the printing industry …

Toshiba, Huawei sign deal to develop smart factory solutions
Japanese firm Toshiba and Huawei to collaborate on the integration of NB-IoT for the development of smart factory solutions A cooperation agreement between Toshiba and Huawei will accelerate the commercial …

IoT case study: Japanese utility relies on Vodafone, Toshiba for water monitoring system
Japanese company Kurita Water Industries has been working with compatriot firm Toshiba and U.K.-based telecom operator Vodafone in a project dubbed S.sensing, which monitors water treatment data remotely, and controls …