
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 …

Vodafone slices 5G network for UK Power Networks as part of major smart grid trial
Vodafone has kickstarted a trial with UK Power Networks to connect the UK electricity network on a dedicated slice of its national 5G network. The initiative is part of the …

‘The right tool for the right job’ – Vodafone doubles NB-IoT cell sites in the UK
Vodafone UK has restated its commitment to NB-IoT and doubled the number of sites in its narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network to meet increasing demand for IoT services, it says. The …

Deutsche Telekom, China Mobile, Vodafone lead AT&T, Verizon for enterprise 5G
Deutsche Telekom, China Unicom, Orange, China Mobile, and Vodafone have ranked top, apparently in order, in an assessment of 20 mobile network operators for enterprise 5G connectivity. These five are …

HERE, Vodafone and Porsche partner on real-time warning system
Dutch mapping company HERE, in partnership with Vodafone and Porsche, have announced a partnership to trial a real-time warning system. Specifically, HERE Technologies, Porsche and Vodafone are trialing …

IBM taps telcos for hybrid-cloud push, defers decision on private 5G management
IBM has said it is undecided, as yet, about whether to offer 5G network management services to enterprises, despite commentators repeatedly suggesting the New York firm might yet shape up …

Lufthansa Technik boosts Nokia network, pulls Voda version – lockdown legacy for private 5G
Germany-based aircraft services provider Lufthansa Technik has said its private 5G standalone (SA) trial network from Nokia, deployed at its facility in Hamburg, has been made into a permanent fixture. …

AWS debuts on 5G-MEC in the UK with Vodafone; Germany to follow
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of its AWS Wavelength multi-access edge compute (MEC) service in the UK, on Vodafone’s 5G network. The setup embeds AWS compute …

Vodafone deploys ‘live’ C-V2X in UK ‘first’ as part of expanding Midlands 5G trials
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), responsible for transport services in the West Midlands region in England, is working with Vodafone and Nokia to offer a new cloud platform that uses …

Enterprises don’t understand the tech or ROI – Ford on what to fix with private 5G
The telecoms sector has come in for a pasting in these pages recently as the industrial set have laid into it about its approach to industrial 5G. The argument goes …