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Volvo Cars uses artificial intelligence for automated inspection in the US

The system utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning to check tires, underbody components and vehicle exteriors   Volvo Cars USA announced a new program to equip U.S. retailers with automated vehicle-inspection systems using artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) technology that aim to improve customer satisfaction...

Demystifying the Cloud Hyperscalers and Edge

With the proliferation of IoT, connectivity and computing technologies are becoming more diverse. It can seem there are so many ways to power an IoT ecosystem, and it can be hard to cut through the hype of buzzwords to understand what it means for...

Private LTE/5G nets to hit 13,500 in ’26, 5G to lead from ’24, 5G IoT devices to flow from ’23

The total number of private LTE and 5G networks will increase to 13,500 installations globally by 2026, according to analyst group Berg Insight; this is a 10-fold increase, roughly, from a figure today of “more than” 1,000 private LTE deployments and 200–300 private 5G...

Omnispace and Lacuna team up on global satellite LoRaWAN coverage

Washington DC based satellite 5G provider Omnispace is working with Dutch satellite IoT company Lacuna Space to offer “global” LoRaWAN coverage for IoT solutions. The service will employ the LoRaWAN protocol to support direct-to-satellite communications for a broad range of IoT devices. The pair...

France launches new measures to boost industrial 5G adoption

Vertical sectors in France are already permitted to use frequencies in the 2.6GHz and 26GHz bands for industrial 5G   The French government announced new measures aimed at promoting access to 5G for manufacturers and vertical sectors in the country, with the aim of accelerating the...

Schneider Electric taps NTT for private 5G for smart factories and data centres

Industrial automation and energy management provider Schneider Electric is to install NTT’s new private 5G solution at its flagship ‘smart factory’ production facility in Lexington, Kentucky, and progressively through the French firm’s factories and data centres. It appears, as well, that Schneider Electric will...

The three use cases that have turned Industry 4.0 onto private 5G networks

As with the telecoms industry’s travails with NB-IoT, only just starting to resolve, there is a classic chicken-and-egg scenario with industrial 5G, around availability of networks and devices. In other words, why should an enterprise install a 5G network if there aren’t any enterprise-grade...

US Ignite wins contract to deploy IoT sensor network for US military base

US Ignite said that the advanced IoT network will enable base leadership to monitor conditions and collect data in real time   US Ignite has secured a $3.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Engineer and Development Center (ERDC) to design and deploy an Internet of...

What industrial IoT URLLC enhancements are in Release 17?

Enhanced support for Industrial IoT in Release 17 covers enhancements for 5G to enable support for Time Sensitive Communications Given that 5G is seen as key to realizing the goals of the industrial IoT, recent upgrades better tailor the air interface to use in vertical...

Rogers Communications inks deal to focus on 5G autonomous cars R&D

Rogers said that researchers will have the possibility to use machine learning techniques combined with traffic modeling and simulations   Canadian operator Rogers Communications has signed a two-year partnership with Sheridan College that will focus on 5G autonomous vehicle research and development. In a release, Rogers said...

Industry 4.0 in the UK – four 4G/5G installs, four 4G/5G industries (and four Nokia wins)

This started, provisionally, as a roundup of five key private 5G deployments in five key private 5G industries in five key private 5G markets, spurred by a couple of recent announcements we missed originally, by Spanish construction firm Ferrovial at the Silvertown Tunnel project...

Antofagasta Minerals recruits Nokia for private LTE install at Chilean copper mine

Chile-based copper mining group Antofagasta Minerals has recruited Nokia to deploy a private LTE network at its Minera Centinela (Centinela mine) open pit copper mine in the Antofagasta region in northern Chile. It is the latest in a string of wins for the Finnish...

How blockchain is revolutionizing IoT

For all the hard work and big talk, the IoT market has struggled to deliver on its grand promise of ‘massive’-scale industrial change. Make no mistake; IoT sensing, married with AI sense-making, is the means to digital transformation – and the way to industrial...

Ericsson, Airtel deploy NB-IoT sensors to monitor air pollution in India

Ericsson had previously deployed similar NB-IoT sensors for air pollution measurement in Delhi   Ericsson, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) and Bharti Airtel have collaborated with the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) to deploy NB-IoT sensors in the city of Jaipur with the aim...

Private LTE/5G wireless infra market to exceed $8.3bn by 2026: IDC

IDC noted that the worldwide market for private LTE/5G wireless infrastructure continued to gain traction throughout 2021   The global private LTE/5G wireless infrastructure market is forecast to reach revenues of $8.3 billion by 2026, an increase compared to revenues of $1.7 billion in 2021, according...

Qualcomm: One technology roadmap, countless opportunities for innovation

The connected intelligent edge is growth opportunity connectivity, processing, AI and more First detailed last year at a capital markets event and impactfully contextualized at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Qualcomm is moving fast on its strategy of expanding addressable market 7-fold to...

NNNCo, UCG partner to provide IoT solutions in Australia, New Zealand

Both firms aim to offer IoT end-to-end solutions to smart cities and smart utilities across these two countries Universal Communications Group (UCG) and National Narrowband Network Communications (NNNCo) announced a strategic alliance agreement to offer IoT end-to-end solutions to smart cities and smart utilities across...

What is 5G NR Light?

The 5G NR Light term is standardized to 5G RedCap NR in most 3GPP documentation While 5G Release 16 introduced 5G NR (5G New Radio) to enhance mobile broadband services, Release 17 further supports Internet of Thing (IoT) in the form of "NR-Light", known as...

What is IoT over non-terrestrial networks?

The 3GPP has announced a study item on NB-IoT over non-terrestrial networks Internet of Tings (IoT) and Machine Type Communications (MTC) applications are experiencing an exponential surge and are expected to play a key role in future networks and systems. However, the industry is well...

Honeywell partners with Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions

Honeywell said the alliance will integrate distributed energy resources owned by Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions with its battery energy storage systems and Smart Cities Software solution Honeywell and Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS), a commercial brand of Duke Energy, announced a deal to jointly develop...

The role of multi-network SIMs in the sunsetting of 2G and 3G (Reader Forum)

Despite the UK government announcement on the 8th December regarding the phasing out of 2G and 3G networks in the UK, there remains a lack of clarity in the future of these technologies for the IoT market. This is because most providers are still...

BAM Nuttal switches on first private 5G network for UK construction industry

UK-based civil engineering company BAM Nuttal has switched on a private 5G network to provide connectivity for construction services at a 55,00 square-metre site in the Shetland Islands in the UK, where it has been contracted by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) as...

Helium expands European roaming with Dutch LoRaWAN group Techtenna

Blockchain-based edge-operated network company Helium has a new roaming deal with Dutch LoRaWAN network operator Techtenna, allowing Techtenna-originated LoRaWAN devices to utilize Helium’s network in Europe and the US, and also in other markets. Helium, presently focused on LoRaWAN network building, has struck a...

Samsung confirms ransomware attack

Samsung is the latest high-tech business to be victimized by ransomware group Lapsus$, which recently hit Nvidia.