At Industrial Wireless Forum, industry leaders explored how agentic AI running on private 5G is transforming factories and plants. The discussion highlighted not just the technology, but the architectural, connectivity, and data governance foundations that are essential to turn AI potential into real operational...
Private 5G is often dismissed as a niche – slow, complex, and commercially uncertain – but this view misses the point. As analysts argue, its real value lies in transforming mission-critical industries, aligning with emerging AI-driven automation, and delivering genuine growth in a flat...
Below is a roadmap for digitizing planning through AI orchestration, data fabric architecture, and automated workflows
For more than 15 years, I’ve worked at the intersection of technology and business transformation, helping organizations modernize how they plan and execute large-scale investments. Today, my focus is...
Nokia’s latest strategic reboot – splitting its business in two and sidelining private networks – looks like a bold bet on an AI-fuelled future. But in shedding the unit where it is market leader, the company risks abandoning an innovative long-term growth engine while...
Predictions for 5G SA, AI as a Service, and more as we head towards 2026 — from Spirent's Head of Market Strategy
The rate of technological advancement is faster than any given organization’s ability to keep up, making it ever more difficult to separate what’s...
Private 5G and generative AI are redefining industrial connectivity and intelligence – but do they truly depend on one another? This discussion explores how these enabling technologies overlap, complement, and diverge in the enterprise stack – as manufacturers and operators push toward a more...
The global economy is shifting from software intelligence to embodied AI — where algorithms meet physical production
Editor's note: This is part II of a two-part series. Read Part I: Why AI strategy is now an industrial race here.
The big idea: Software intelligence has already...
What you should know:
Technology standards are the backbone of today’s and tomorrow’s seamless, security-rich and intelligent digital experiences.
As edge AI expands, standardized technologies enable new user experiences and trusted digital infrastructure at scale.
Qualcomm’s leadership in global technology standards helps drive innovation, ecosystem interoperability and...
The massive investments in AI recently are starting to look like a bubble. Yes, of course, there will be a correction. But after technology bubbles, there is normally something useful left over that can be an economic powerhouse for decades to come.
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As enterprises rush to deploy AI across their factories and logistics sites, the less glamorous work of radio design has never mattered more. US network design firm iBwave argues that escalating AI workloads depend first on getting the private 5G foundations right – because...
AI is reshaping industrial operations – from real-time quality control to predictive maintenance and digital copilots on the factory floor. As these AI workloads become more mobile, data-intensive, and time-sensitive, private cellular networks are emerging as the critical infrastructure to keep them connected, reliable,...
The next decade’s defining competition isn’t about who builds the best AI, but who learns fastest
The defining economic competition of the next decade is not just about who builds the most advanced AI models. It is about which production system, and which nation, can...
ZTE Corporation has been recognized with the “Best Indoor Connectivity Solution” award for its Full-Scenario Indoor Digitalization Solution at Network X 2025 in Paris.
The recent recognition underscores ZTE’s leadership in indoor network innovation during the 5G and 5G-Advanced (5G-A) era, highlighting its technological strength...
US industrial integrator Future Technologies has completed a strategic recapitalization with local private equity firm Battle Investment Group to become North America’s largest private 5G provider within 12 months, using its new equity for acquisitions and expansion amid surging demand for industrial AI and...
Industrial AI has moved from experimental pilots to boardroom strategy. The global market was worth $43.6 billion in 2024, and is growing at 23 percent per year. While most of the real value still lies in proven, production-grade use cases such as machine vision...
IoT has always been more concept than category – like a loose collection of private device networks. And it makes increasingly good sense to enterprises alongside industrial 5G networks and industrial AI systems. New research from Verizon Business says IoT is finally “moving to...
Three sides of Industry 4.0 – industrial 5G in numbers (part 1)
Private 5G continues to outpace the broader telecoms market, with enterprise deployments expanding and industrial use cases taking shape. New data from Dell’Oro Group shows sustained almost-double-digit growth and a gradual shift in...
BMW has opened a new AI car factory in Debrecen, Hungary – its “most innovative” production site anywhere, and the first fully fossil-free facility in its global network. It integrates BMW’s in-house AIQX quality platform, autonomous transport systems, and real-time data analytics; production of...
Volkswagen’s €1 billion “no-process-without-AI” plan reveals a Europe-first strategy to embed AI across every operation – balancing resilience, sovereignty, and openness amid fragmented regulation and intensifying global competition in Industry 4.0.
In sum – what to know:
AI everywhere – the German auto-maker’s phased strategy seeks...
Compute, storage, and curated data innovation are converging to enable a new class of AI-enabled autonomy. Yet more than half of AI projects stall before reaching production. For CSPs, the challenge isn’t just technical, it’s organizational.
At DTW Ignite in Copenhagen, global leaders explored how...
The global digitalization process has accelerated significantly, driven by the computing power revolution. Within this transformation, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) have evolved from being optional technologies for enterprises to becoming the core engines of digital transformation. According to forecasts by statistical agencies,...
Private 5G and generative AI, the twin hype engines of industrial tech, are converging as enabling technologies for Industry 4.0 – driving automation, efficiency, and edge innovation despite differing enterprise priorities.
In sum – what to know:
Combination – 5G and AI are complementary, not dependent,...
Paris-based Mistral AI has signed a major deal with automaker Stellantis to deploy customized industrial AI models, following a €1.7 billion funding round led by ASML, with which it is also co-developing industrial LLMs.
In sum – what to know:
Industrial AI – Mistral AI expands...
Who owns the words AI learns from?
When I first began publishing my own content, I thought of it mainly as a way to share ideas and test perspectives. But as I watched the rise of AI systems that ingest vast amounts of online writing,...
