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Japanese IT company Fujitsu and US-Japanese cyber security company Trend Micro have partnered to “focus on” the security of private 5G networks. The pair said they will use a simulated smart factory environment at a Fujitsu factory  in Japan to …

It is just another networking technology, after all; Appledore Research tells of the trouble with the telco sector’s ‘god complex’. Note, this is an excerpt from an interview that appears in a new editorial report from Enterprise IoT Insights on …

It sounded, at the time, like a sci-fi vision of the future of manufacturing: that with a hyper-connected 5G factory, the only fixed assets will be the floors, walls and ceilings. But Bosch appears effectively to have trumped its own …

Brussels Airport has announced it has successfully tested drones for inspections and surveillance using its private 5G network, installed by network vendor Nokia and network operator Citymesh. Local air traffic control and management company Skeyes has also been involved in …

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 in “large scale” smart city initiatives in the UK, including …

  Japanese company Fujitsu announced the start of of operations of a private 5G network at its Oyama plant in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. In a release, Fujitsu said that the network consists of a 4.7 GHz band SA and a …

Verizon has signed its first European private 5G contract, in a deal with Associated British Ports in the UK. The US firm has been appointed to deploy private 5G at the Port of Southampton. Nokia is providing the networking infrastructure, …

Sweden-based IoT operator Netmore Group, new parent of Nordic IoT Networks, has said it is building a nationwide LoRaWAN network in Ireland, starting in Dublin. The rollout is part of the company’s international expansion strategy. The company has been active …

Nokia has deployed an NB-IoT network for mobile network operator Saudi Mobily in the 800 MHz band in Saudi Arabia. The pair said they have connected more than 4,000 sites, with radius coverage of 20 kilometres per cell. The software …

This conversation will form part of the narrative in the forthcoming Enterprise IoT Insights report on industrial 5G SLAs, out at the start of April (to be available here). A webinar on the same subject is available here, with panellists …

Sweden-based Telia has launched a private LTE and 5G network solution for enterprises in Norway using its licensed spectrum, otherwise used for its public network services. It follows the launch of the same service in Sweden in September. Telia is …

Finnish industrial networking specialist Edzcom has deployed private 5G networks at shipping terminals in Mussalo and Hietanen in Kotka for Steveco, Finland’s largest port operator. Italy-based Athonet has provided the core network and connectivity platform. The two sites in Kotka, …

Rogers sees private network opportunity in verticals like mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing Canadian operator Rogers announced the launch of a managed solution for wireless private networks (WPN), the company said in a release. The company said that the …

As promised last week, in an op-ed write-around of the same conversation, here is the full interview with Phil Skipper, group head of IoT business development at Vodafone, on the subject of industrial 5G performance KPIs and management SLAs – …

Researcher calls out construction, automotive, healthcare, oil and gas, as verticals that will drive digital twin adoption While the concept of building a digital twin is not new, GlobalData Principal Disruptive Tech Analyst Kiran Raj sees certain industrial verticals already …

Nokia has integrated a spectrum access and radio sensing mechanisms into its private LTE and 5G offer for priority and general access users in the CBRS band in the US. The Finnish firm has partnered with Virginia-based Key Bridge Wireless …

  Korea’s Hyundai Motor Company and Singapore operator Singtel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on a range of ventures to support smart manufacturing. The MOU follows Hyundai Motor Group’s announcement in October 2020 that it is …

Network slicing – across the radio, the transport, and the core network – is coming to both private LTE and private 5G setups, Nokia has said. The Finnsh vendor is trialling its new slicing functionality with a trio of mobile …

US-based Federated Wireless has watched at close quarters as US enterprises have piled into the CBRS band to deploy private LTE and 5G networks. Here, Deepak Das, in the company’s CTO office, describes the unfolding landscape, as enterprises put cellular …

French operator Orange said that is already making 5G technology available to companies operating in the port area of Le Havre. In a release, the telco said that Le Havre is the first major French seaport to benefit from 5G …

This is a summary of a conversation with Vodafone’s group head of IoT business development, Phil Skipper. The interview will be published in full next week; the below works as a teaser, and a rejoinder to a piece published last …

Vodafone has deployed what is being considered Ireland’s first private standalone (SA) 5G network at Irish Manufacturing Research’s (IMR) facility in Mullingar. IMR, an independent not-for-profit manufacturing and industrial energy efficiency research organization, will use the dedicated 5G network to …

Microsoft has acquired UK-based industrial technology and rapid prototyping outfit The Marsden Group for an undisclosed fee, as it continues to fill-out its cloud, analytics, telecoms, and software portfolio for the Industry 4.0 market. It said the deal will enhance …

IBM has teamed up with network vendor Samsung and mobile operator M1 in Singapore to open an ‘Industry 4.0 studio’, in its own name, to develop and test 5G and AI solutions for industrial applications in the Asia Pacific region. …

Siemens has said it will provide an entire industrial 5G ‘system’ for private cellular networks in industry, covering the radio access network, core network, and compatible end-devices. It said industrial automation specialists are best to “take care of” the new …