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Telenor, Nokia partner to offer 5G private networks services

Telenor said it is offering 5G network slicing technology capabilities for its customers Telenor Sweden announced the launch of new 5G-based services for companies and other businesses, in partnership with Nokia. In a release, Telenor said it is launching customer-specific mobile private networks that enable these...

‘Rough diamond’ – Siemens on the making of an OT-grade private 5G system

This article is continued from a previous post, under the header, “The last word from Industry 4.0’s Mister 5G’; to read the intro-part, click here. The explanation from Daniel Mai, replacing Sander Rotmensen as Mister 5G at Siemens, that the German firm’s new private network...

Private 5G is still a long play, says Siemens – the last word from Industry 4.0’s Mr 5G

“I don't know why I should have to defend that, actually”, says Sander Rotmensen at Hannover Messe a couple of weeks back, still in position with Siemens at the time as the firm’s Mister 5G, responsible for stewarding its box-fresh private 5G system into...

Verizon deploys private network at Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix track

Nearly a quarter of a million people are expected to attend the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix this weekend In preparation for the thousands of fans expected at this year’s Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, Verizon has deployed a private wireless network...

Private 5G depends on Wi-Fi 6 for its success, says the Wi-Fi crowd

Wi-Fi has a critical role to maximise the potential of private 5G in the enterprise space, says a new report by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). The vision, for the likes of Cisco and HPE, major Wi-Fi players with 5G interests and a hand...

China aims to accelerate 5G deployments, ramp up 6G R&D

5G technology has been already used in 52 of the 97 major economic categories in China The Chinese government plans to increase resources to accelerate 5G deployment across the nation, local press reported, citing an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The...

Nokia releases Industry 4.0 drone solution for private LTE/5G networks

Nokia has released a cellular-connected drone solution for enterprises to run remote security and maintenance inspections of sites and equipment. It claims it is the first CE-certified cellular drone solution, meeting European health, safety, and environmental protection standards. It works with public and private...

Indian conglomerate Adani Group seeks more time to deploy 5G

Adani Group’s head Gautam Adani previously said the group aimed to launch 5G services for enterprises in 2023 Indian conglomerate Adani Group is requesting that the government allow it additional time for the rollout of 5G services, as the company said it had been unable...

‘The driver is not low latency’ – Airbus is positive, also cautious, on private 5G

Airbus listed the key benefits of private cellular networks, more or less in order, at Hannover Messe last week, and said, as it has before, that the initial business case hinges on coverage, mostly, in terms of both outdoor reach and indoor penetration. The...

Vodafone intros full private 5G managed service offer in the UK

Vodafone has launched an all-edge private 5G service offering in the UK for enterprise-geared on-premise cellular connectivity. The package, branded simply as Vodafone MPN (for mobile private network), offers standalone and non-standalone 5G (SA and NSA) radio (RAN) and core networks, plus system management,...

New deal explores potential of 5G in steel manufacturing in India

The use of 5G technologies can enhance the safety and security of the workers at the steel plant The Steel Authority of India Limited's (SAIL) Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) with the...

“But I ordered a McCrispy…” – searching for 5G in the home of Industry 4.0

First impressions count – and the trains are late, the stairs are broken, and the food is wrong. This is not the fabled German efficiency we came here to discuss – and see projected into the digital age across 17 cavernous halls of the...

Vodafone, Coventry University launch 5G SA media innovation lab

Vodafone said that the 5G SA environment will offer extremely fast download speeds, near-real time latency capabilities and network slicing U.K. carrier Vodafone and Coventry University have collaborated to open what they say is the U.K.’s first 5G Standalone (SA) media innovation lab in Coventry,...

How to scale commercially successful MEC use cases—a Q&A with Vodafone (Part 2)

The first part of this Q and A with Vodafone’s Joanna Newman, senior director of technology partnerships, covers the operator’s dedicated vs. distributed MEC approach, the logic behind its various hyperscaler partnerships, and addresses how many MEC use cases involve common sets of building...

How to scale commercially successful MEC use cases—a Q&A with Vodafone (Part 1)

Whether its considering a private 5G network coupled with a dedicated mobile edge computing (MEC) solution for an enterprise, or a consumer-facing use case that taps into more widely distributed computing infrastructure, Vodafone has recognized that addressing this nascent space requires a strong focus on...

How are enterprises using MEC?

MEC is delivering low-latency, real-time enterprise applications As has been pointed out by operators on recent earnings calls, the market for advanced 5G-enabled services—things like mobile edge computing (MEC) combined with public and private 5G, and private 5G itself—has been slower to create revenues than...

“A small part of the complete network” – VW puts private 5G in its place

The truth about private 5G, certainly so far as Industry 4.0 goes, lies somewhere between the desperate excitement of MWC and the distracted indifference of Hannover Messe – and probably closer to the big German industrial show. This will be discussed in another piece,...

Northeastern University launches O-RAN private 5G network

Northeastern said that the private 5G network follows the O-RAN architecture in a multi-vendor environment, with open interfaces and near real time RAN Intelligent Controller (RICs) The Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT) at Northeastern University and its Open6G R&D Center announced...

Taking a slice out of private wireless networks (Reader Forum)

Private wireless is quickly infiltrating enterprise networks everywhere. For the first time, companies now have direct access to new shared cellular spectrum, made available by the FCC and other telecom regulatory bodies around the world, to own and operate their own mobile networks. The big...

Verizon private 5G to help Ohio clinic realize ‘fully digital’ vision

The private 5G network will enable use cases like patient check-in kiosks and assisted surgery and imaging, said Verizon Verizon Business has deployed a private 5G network at the new Cleveland Clinic hospital in Mentor, Ohio. The network, based on an Ericsson platform, will help to...

Siemens promises summer launch for OT-grade SME-friendly private 5G system

Siemens has said its new home-grown industrial 5G system will be available in the summer finally, with availability in Germany initially, followed by Brazil subsequently, and other European and global markets in line with demand. The Brazilian launch is made simple by the fact...

Kagan: Betacom Private 5G Ecosystem includes many industry leaders

Private wireless continues its rapid growth trajectory. Next, Betacom Private 5G Ecosystem was just introduced a few days ago along with top, industry partners including Google Cloud, Intel, Ingram Micro and Qualcomm. Why are all these companies partnering on this? They say, this will...

Unabiz signs with Actility to further converge Sigfox and LoRaWAN

Unabiz deserves credit; the Singapore-based IoT house, owner of the Sigfox technology for a little over 12 months, is doing what most of the IoT community has considered for some years to be a minimal requirement for massive IoT, and brought the tribal elders...

Deutsche Telekom works with AWS for 5G campus network offering

Deutsche Telekom currently operates more than thirty of these local mobile networks based on 5G or LTE across Germany and Austria German operator Deutsche Telekom announced its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) under a new program which connects AWS services with Deutsche Telekom’s private...