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Nokia joins 5G Open Innovation Lab

Nokia said its radios are being used in 5G OI Lab’s field labs to test a variety of applications and use cases for rural farms Nokia announced that it has joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab) as a corporate sponsor. In a release,...

Edzcom breaks into German auto market with private 5G install for SEGULA

Cellnex Telecom is to deploy a private 5G network, plus edge componentry, for the automotive branch of engineering group SEGULA Technologies in Germany. The project is being handled by Edzcom, the Spanish company’s private networking division. Edzcom will install the edge networking and compute...

The future of industrial IoT calls for new capabilities, architectures and devices

5G’s higher throughput and lower latency positions the technology as a pillar of industrial IoT, promising to bring about new applications and expand the boundaries of what is possible within an enterprise setting. At its San Diego campus, Qualcomm highlighted the growing need for...

5G brings precise positioning to the IoT

Cellular has ‘all the ingredients’ for enhanced indoor and IoT precise positioning Smartphones and other compact positioning devices use satellite systems like GNSS to provide positioning. However, to be most effective, GNSS requires a clear line of sight to multiple satellites, and even at its...

AT&T extends MEC work with Microsoft into bundled private 5G roaming concept

AT&T is working with Microsoft to enable US enterprises to roam from private LTE and 5G networks using the shared CBRS band to public networks using its own licensed spectrum and national infrastructure. The new AT&T Private 5G Edge product will sit alongside Microsoft’s...

TIM’s Sparkle launches global IoT solution

Sparkle IoT Global is a managed IoT connectivity service allowing companies to control their assets across multiple countries Italian company Sparkle has launched its new IoT Global solution during a press meeting held at Expo 2020 Dubai Italy Pavilion. Sparkle's IoT Global is a managed IoT...

Safer, smarter workplaces – three ways to empower facilities with AI (Reader Forum)

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how businesses view and use their workspaces. While employees have begun returning on-site, concerns about health and safety remain high. As a result, real-time workspace-utilization insights are mission critical. With a data-driven picture of how people are using office spaces,...

Ignion taps AWS to power new digital-twin design platform for ‘virtual’ IoT antennas

Barcelona based IoT antenna company Ignion is promising to reduce IoT antenna design “from days or weeks to minutes”, following the release of its new design and simulation platform on AWS. The platform, it said, will allow developers to integrate its so-called ‘virtual antenna’...

LG CNS applies for South Korea’s second 5G private network: Report

South Korea aims to award frequencies in the 28 GHz band for private 5G networks   LG CNS, the IT division of South Korea's LG Group, has applied for government permission to become the second domestic operator of a private 5G network, Korean news outlet Aju...

Bouygues to shut down LoRaWAN in France – the start of the end for unlicensed IoT?

Bouygues Telecom has announced it will shut down its LoRaWAN network in France from 2024, and start to sell new IoT business and migrate existing IoT accounts to its cellular-based NB-IoT and LTE-M networks. Following the bankruptcy last month of rival IoT firm Sigfox,...

The 3G end is near: Why IoT users must upgrade today (Reader Forum)

Upgrade or disconnect? This is the stark choice facing 3G connected device users. The once-revolutionary mobile network is currently being rolled back across the world to make way for new and improved iterations. In doing so, however, millions of older devices face permanent disconnection. This...

La Marina de València trials blockchain-based IoT solution from Telefónica

Telefónica is working with La Marina de València, the maritime district in the southeastern port city of Valencia in Spain, to ‘digitise’ electricity and water supply for boats, including with various IoT, 5G, cloud computing, analytics and blockchain solutions, it has said. The firm’s...

KORE Wireless White Paper: The Complete Guide to Connected Health

Connected health solutions have the potential to cut healthcare costs, increase provider revenue, enhance patient outcomes, and make healthcare more accessible globally. This IoT-driven market comes with a unique set of challenges, – five major ones, in total. If you’re looking to launch, manage, or...

As 2G and 3G are gradually faded out, what’s the future for IoT over cellular?

Since their introduction in the late 1970's, cellular networks and technology have evolved tremendously, with successive generations (2G through 4G) representing significant milestones in the development of mobile connectivity. 5G, the latest incarnation, represents a step-change in performance over 4G, with throughputs of up...

Verizon Business, Celona launch turnkey private networking solution

Verizon Business said that the strategic partnership will focus on leveraging its On Site LTE and 5G network with Celona’s 5G LAN products   Verizon Business announced a new turnkey private networking solution with Celona, with the aim of accelerating the use of private 5G to...

Sympathy for the devil – a private 5G story (thoughts on MWC)

This might seem like a cop-out, but the irresistible narrative from MWC over the week, that the grand-standing on the show floor masked (and revealed) a battle between three industries for the soul of 5G, is not quite right. The idea that the traditional...

Samsung, NTT East to expand private 5G network business in Japan

Samsung said they expect to start providing commercial private 5G networks in Japan in the second quarter of 2022 Korean vendor Samsung Electronics announced it has been selected by Japanese operator NTT East, to jointly expand the private 5G network business in Japan, the former...

Deutsche Telekom, Murata, Nowi announce mini energy-harvesting NB-IoT iSIM module

Deutsche Telekom has teamed up with Japanese module maker Murata and Dutch chip company Nowi on a small-sized energy-harvesting NB-IoT module (pictured) that uses the German operator’s proprietary iSIM solution, NuSIM. The trio have called it the world’s smallest battery-less NB-IoT module; it has...

Transatel intros LTE and 5G roaming between public and private networks

NTT-owned IoT MVNO-enabler Transatel has introduced a private LTE/5G extension for its IoT roaming SIM to enable connected devices to switch between public and private cellular networks. It described the new feature as “critical given the massive adoptions of private 5G in factories and...

Deutsche Telekom enables automated valet parking for BMW over 5G

Deutsche Telekom said that the results of the proof of concept are convincing as cars are controlled by the system, with "absolute" stability and security   Deutsche Telekom performed a proof-of-concept with BMW Group and Valeo in the domain of automated valet parking. The European carrier said...

Software AG kicks-off M&A splurge in US with €524m deal for to acquire StreamSets

Software AG has struck a deal to acquire US-based cloud data integration business StreamSets for €524 million, as the Germany-based firm makes good on its stated ambition to expand through merger-and-acquisition (M&A) in the US market. StreamSets, headquartered in San Francisco, has posted compound...

Telefonica unveils smart building platform at MWC

Telefonica highlighted that the smart building platform aims to centralize, automate, collect and present data more efficiently   Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica, in collaboration with Siemens, Bookker and BIM6D, has unveiled its smart building platform in a demonstration area at Mobile World Congress (MWC), being held...

Verizon marks private 5G milestone with deployment at BlackRock HQ

Private 5G implementation is Non-Standalone mode and uses Corning radios BlackRock, the largest asset management firm on the planet, has engaged Verizon Business to build out a private 5G network. According to Verizon, BlackRock is targeting applications around training, AR, VR, security, edge compute and...

Sigfox latest: nine bidders, no Semtech (but Actility), no consortia bids (but UnaBiz)

Note, this article was updated with additional information on March 2. Nine companies have entered bids for ailing IoT firm Sigfox, as the deadline for its sale passed last Friday (February 25). Bidders include Singapore-based IoT house and early front-runner UnaBiz, which had confirmed...