
Sunderland takes smart-city 5G to uni areas; West Midlands wins £10m for 5G innovation
Sunderland City Council and the University of Sunderland in the UK have appointed BAI Communications (BAI), already engaged on a 20-year deal with the city council to build and operate …

Global cellular IoT subscribers reach 2.1bn at end-2021: Study
The top ten mobile operators reported a combined active base of 1.8 billion cellular IoT subscribers at the end of 2021 The global number of cellular IoT subscribers increased …

IoT platform provider Wireless Logic snaps up UK IoT firms Mobius and Jola
IoT connectivity platform provider Wireless Logic has acquired IoT MVNO Mobius Networks, a distributor of Vodafone M2M and IoT data SIMs for local government and smart cities, for an undisclosed …

‘Below expectations’ – near-term private LTE and 5G forecasts adjusted down, again
Analyst house Dell’Oro Group has adjusted down its near-term forecast for the private LTE and 5G market. It said its calculations show that radio access network (RAN) shipments and revenues …

The trouble with private 5G for Industry 4.0 | Part 6 – the channel
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 …

UK must level-up private/public 5G ‘playing field’ for enterprises (operators) – Vodafone
Vodafone has suggested the industrial 5G market in the UK will be skewed unfairly towards elite private enterprises, in position to invest more easily in their own private network infrastructure, …

Vodafone installs 5G private network at Skoda Auto manufacturing plant
Skoda Auto noted that the 5G research network allows data to be locally transmitted securely in real time Czech car manufacturer Škoda Auto has launched a mobile private 5G …

Vodafone rigs-up 1.5 million Wimbledon strawberries with IoT monitoring, tracking
Vodafone is working with Hugh Lowe Farms to use IoT to deliver 1.5 million strawberries to Wimbledon, the UK grand slam tennis championship, which started in London this week. The …

Between the lines, Vodafone study asks how to sell to SMEs just trying to “stay afloat”
Whatever Vodafone’s intention when polling 1,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK, and whatever its conclusion from their responses, one thing is also clear: business is hard in …

‘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 …