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...
Three recent deployments – in defence, mining, and manufacturing – illustrate how localized private 5G networks are powering mission-critical operations in Industry 4.0.
In sum – what to know:
Industrial action – private 5G is being proven and put to work across defence, mining, and industrial automation.
Mission...
Airbus is expanding its private 5G rollout with new networks in Hamburg and Toulouse, partnering with Ericsson. The deployments support factory digitalization, enabling advanced use cases like augmented reality, asset tracking, and predictive maintenance, as Airbus advances plans to replace Wi-Fi with 5G across...
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.
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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...
Across industries and continents, enterprise AI is no longer an abstract ambition but a physical, operational, and financial reality. From automotive plants to hospitals, banks, and burger chains, organisations are investing billions to insert AI into every layer of their businesses – in data...
As industries worldwide rush to embrace digital and intelligent transformation, Huawei Cloud consistently pursues technological innovation as its core driving force. This was the case at Huawei Connect 2025, Zhang Ping'an, Huawei's Executive Director of the Board and CEO of Huawei Cloud, shared Huawei...
Hitachi is building a global AI Factory using Nvidia GPUs to deliver physical AI – industrial AI, plus domain-specific SLMs/LLMs – for rail, energy, factories, and infrastructure, integrating IoT, digital twins, edge AI, and (some) private 5G. It has also agreed a deal to...
German companies Siemens and TRUMPF are partnering to integrate digital solutions and AI-ready technologies into smart factories, bridging IT and OT systems with open interfaces for enhanced efficiency, flexibility, and performance.
In sum – what to know:
Collaboration – Siemens is providing digital software and automation...
Hitachi Rail has deployed a private 5G network at its Hagerstown factory in Maryland, designed by GlobalLogic with Ericsson technology – showcasing Hitachi’s ‘One Hitachi’ digital strategy to design and deploy digital-change in-house.
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Hitachi model – Japanese firm’s group synergies...
Volkswagen will invest €1bn in AI by 2030 to transform vehicle development, production, and IT, targeting €4bn savings, 25% faster innovation cycles, digital sovereignty in Europe, and “AI everywhere” across its industrial value chain.
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Billion-dollar AI drive – VW targets...
Future Technologies is deploying a private 5G edge system from Nokia at Maher Terminals in the New York/Jersey maritime port complex. Separately, Nokia has unveiled ruggedized 5G tactical comms solutions for “battlefield digitalization”.
In sum – what to know:
Maritime 5G – for Maher Terminals at...
Finnish vendor Nokia has opened a 55,000 square-metre campus in Oulu in its home country for 5G/6G design, manufacturing, and testing. It integrates a bunch of Industry 4.0 tech, and a range of Industry 4.0 partners.
In sum – what to know:
Next-gen networks – new...
Gilead Sciences is building an AI-enabled lab in Foster City, California, as the first part of a $32bn investment scheme that includes a number of a new high-tech Industry 4.0 constructions. Due to open in 2026, the site will drive oncology and inflammation research...
Industrial AI adoption is accelerating, says IFS, but enterprises face a critical execution gap: lacking skills, strategy, and trust, even as AI embeds deeply into operations, driving efficiency and profitability.
In sum – what to know:
Execution gap – enterprises are adopting AI faster than they...
Nearly 90% of industrial firms deploying private 4G/5G and edge report ROI within a year, with widespread AI and IoT adoption driving security, safety, and sustainability. Research firm GlobalData has polled 115 industrial enterprises for a Nokia report.
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Quick returns...
Argentina’s telecoms regulator has opened the 2.3-2.4 GHz band for private 4G/5G networks, offering 10-year SPIBA licences for indoor/outdoor enterprise use to support Industry 4.0 growth in the country.
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Mid-band spectrum – for enterprises to deploy private 4G/5G networks via...
Norway’s Tampnet is deploying private 5G, LEO satellite backhaul, and edge computing variously for Island Drilling’s semi-submersible rig and Vår Energi’s floating production unit (FPSO) in the North Sea – for industrial AI, digital twins, and safer offshore operations.
In sum – what to know:
Island...
Enterprises including Disney, Foxconn, Hitachi, Hyundai, Lilly, SAP, Siemens, and TSMC have deployed Nvidia’s new RTX Pro server platform to transform old computing clusters into AI factories; CoreWeave and Google Cloud are deploying in regional hubs.
In sum – what to know:
AI infrastructure – new...
Private 5G is gaining traction globally, with deployments from Tesla to Sinopec showing measurable productivity, safety, and efficiency gains, reinforcing forecasts of rapid market growth and momentum toward mainstream industrial adoption. Here are 23 of the best.
As is its way, analyst house SNS Telecom...
Honeywell has acquired SparkMeter’s utility platforms in a tuck-in deal to expand its smart energy software, aligning with its strategy of spinning off legacy units while bolstering digital energy-transition capabilities.
In sum – what to know:
Tuck-in acquisition – the purchase of SparkMeter’s platforms will enhance...
