The Covid 19 pandemic has helped accelerate private cellular network adoption, and will continue to do so in 2021. But it has also highlighted a new digital divide (which is not going away anytime soon) between vertical sectors that have …
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If there was ever a critical proof-point for the efficacy of IoT technologies, then this is it: the coordinated global shipment of coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines. This is the moment, arguably, in late 2020, going into 2021, when the world’s gaze …
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The 600 MHz private LTE network will support a number of critical applications for the New York Power Authority Omega Wireless is using its 600 MHz licenses to deliver a private LTE network pilot program New York Power Authority (NYPA) …
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Samsung and IBM have announced plans to jointly advance Industry 4.0 by providing new enterprise mobile edge computing and private 5G networks solutions that run on Samsung’s 5G-enabled Galaxy devices. The pair also said that the collaboration will leverage IBM’s …
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Samsung and IBM are to collaborate on on-premise industrial 5G and edge computing to drive the Industry 4.0 market, they have said. The pair want to combine their expertise in private 5G networks and edge computing, in the shape of …
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Qualcomm has released a new ‘services suite’ that pulls together full-stack tech IoT componentry into a modular plug-and-play IoT solution for cities and city-based ‘verticals’. The chip-maker declared it has “cracked the code” for smart cities with the bundle, on …
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Ericsson is readying a new ‘maritime mesh network’ solution, based on LTE and 5G, as an alternative to ‘high-cost, high-latency, low-throughput’ satellite-based communication for the shipping industry, which it has blamed for slowing the pace of digital change on the …
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As we look forward to 2021, we must also reflect on this past year. In addition to tragic human cost, the pandemic cast a spotlight on the ability of business and society to cope with previously unimagined challenges. For industries …
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Adam Koeppe, Verizon’s senior vice president of network planning, caught up with RCR Wireless News to discuss how the operator is tackling the growing interest in private LTE and 5G networks in the enterprise space. When it comes to providing …
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Verizon will deploy its network solution to more than 9,000 Walgreens, Duane Reade locations Verizon Business will deploy its Network as a Service (NaaS), an all-encompassing network solution, to more than 9,000 Walgreens and Duane Reade retail locations across the …
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Aerospace and defence company Saab has deployed a factory-wide private 5G network at a manufacturing plant in Sweden. The facility in Linköping, in the south of the country, produces ‘aerostructures’, notably for Airbus and Boeing. The deployment has been organised …
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Note, this article is taken from a new editorial report on the state of digital change in the healthcare sector (see image below). The report – Challenges with Digital Change in Healthcare – from low-level IoT sensing to big-bang 5G …
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Private equity group ECI Partners has sold IoT roaming provider Arkessa to IoT and SIM management company Wireless Logic for an undisclosed fee. The UK-based venture firm said it had made a 210 percent return on its original investment (ROI) …
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Mark Bole, the CEO of Quortus, a private mobile network software provider, caught up with RCR Wireless News to discuss what enterprise decision makers should keep in mind when deciding if, how and where to use private cellular in their …
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RCR Wireless News · Private wireless podcast – 2020, the year everything changed (episode #3) 2020; what a year! As society has sought new ways to work amid the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the telecoms industry has accelerated deployments …
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How is Nokia doing with private networks for enterprises? Pretty well, and probably better than Ericsson, choruses the analyst community in response. Except its strategy is too narrow, its offer is too inflexible, and its competition – beyond its traditional …
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5G connections in Latin America are expected to reach 15 million by 2020 and will grow to 62 million by 2025, according to a new study by GSMA Intelligence. In its Mobile Economy Latin America 2020 report, the company predicted …
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The New York Power Authority, the largest state public power group in the US, has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week to experiment with private LTE at 900 MHz for industrial IoT and drone inspections. The …
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The largest state public power organization in the U.S. received permission from the Federal Communications Commission this week to experiment with private LTE at 900 MHz for use cases ranging from IoT to drone inspections at a hydro-electric power plant. …
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Danish operator TDC said it completed nationwide 5G deployment on December 1 after upgrading 3,800 mobile masts. The carrier said that this makes Denmark the first Nordic country to have 5G service across the country. “Every year, Danes’ consumption of …
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The number of 5G subscribers in South Korea stood at 9.98 million as of the end of October, up 735,113 from the previous month, local press reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. According to the reports, …
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Russian mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) and Swedish network vendor Ericsson are to deploy a private LTE network for Anglo-Russian mining company Polymetal. The deployment is at Polymetal’s Nezhdaninskoye gold deposit in the Republic of Sakha , in the far-east …
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China Mobile will use Nokia’s ‘worldwide IoT network grid’ (WING) to offer enterprise customers IoT connectivity at home and abroad. Nokia’s WING service affords operators a way to offer cellular IoT services without having to invest in global infrastructure. The …
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The MulteFire Alliance has launched a certification program for the original 1.0 version of the MulteFire specification. A radio unit and device from Nokia are the first products to go through the process. The alliance said enterprises can now deploy …
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Qualcomm is just one chip maker of many hoping to receive exemption from the Huawei ban The U.S. government has granted permission for Qualcomm to sell 4G handset chips to Huawei. The news, confirmed by Qualcomm to Reuters, represents a …