Industrial AI

The government of South Korea has selected two consortia led by SK Telecom and KT to develop and demonstrate what it calls Hyper AI Network Infrastructure In sum – what …

From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Europe’s AI sovereignty push is gathering pace with the launch of Soofi S, while telecoms and governments reposition networks, chips, submarine …

Theme of the week: edge computing and private networks for physical AI and AI inference in industrial and military zones. HPE has released a new AI server platform, ruggedized and …

Most factory-floor ‘physical AI’ runs on lightweight (non-GPU) edge compute, reckons NTT Data – but 5G sensing, in the form of ISAC via SRS, could unlock a new wave of …

Physical AI for robot automation in factories and plants requires lightweight maths models, not token-hungry language models, says NTT Data. It does not have to wait on expensive GPUs, when …

Industrial humanoid robots and physical AI are moving from pilot to production – as Siemens, Nvidia, and lots of private 5G providers (including Nokia) roll up to Hannover Messe. In …

Bain & Company warns that traditional industrial control systems are losing their central role as AI and smart devices redefine the economic landscape. By 2030, software, AI workflows, and intelligent …

Ericsson has new tie-ups with system integrators Future Technologies and NTT Data to combine private 5G and physical AI in Industry 4.0. Ericsson appears to be picking up where Nokia …

Partnerships with Nvidia, Microsoft, AWS, and industrial IoT specialist Geoforce show how AT&T is positioning fibre, edge infrastructure, and enterprise connectivity to support AI workloads from data centre to factory …

Deutsche Telekom noted that the infrastructure is built on nearly 10,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs In sum – what to know: AI factory – Built with nearly 10,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs …

Physical AI describes intelligent systems that can sense, interpret, and act in real environments Picture a warehouse robot weaving through aisles at top speed, or a massive shipping crane hoisting …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …