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“Ask if they’ve deployed at scale” – Ericsson pushes back on private 5G challengers

As private 5G matures, Ericsson highlights convergence as a key enterprise theme: bringing together dedicated private networks and neutral-host indoor coverage; the firm also pushes back against claims that its telco heritage leaves it out of step with enterprise requirements. In sum – what to...

After the gold rush – 2025, when IoT became critical business

The story of IoT has never been a simple one. Few technologies have inspired such sweeping visions of transformation, only to stutter and splutter, and fizzle out. For years, the industry has been caught in a cycle of overstatement and retrenchment. But a period...

Why private connectivity is the next frontier of industrial productivity (Reader Forum)

As industrial AI and automation grow, reliable connectivity will matter as much as the machines themselves As the adoption of automation, robotics, and industrial AI accelerates, the network has now become the factor that determines how reliably these systems operate. That shift means the future...

Easy apps, clear ROI, rapid scale – private 5G is going places, says Ericsson

Private 5G is outpacing Wi-Fi for its early growth, and its trajectory is diverging as well. Just as Nokia checks-out, Ericsson argues that a rising tide of high-value industrial use cases is making the case for private 5G very clear – as evidenced in...

Ericsson backs private 5G – for clear ROI, plus rising demand, traffic, scale

Ericsson won’t be drawn on Nokia’s retreat, but it’s happy to talk about its own momentum in the private 5G market: rising deployments, surging traffic, and sales that are outrunning the early years of Wi-Fi. Far from stalling, it suggests private 5G is scaling...

Making private 5G real for the AI-powered enterprise – the Celona way

Private 5G has long carried a reputation for being heavy, complex, and slow to deploy. But it can be a lightweight and scalable foundation for AI in mission-critical industrial operations, as well – provided it is designed properly. As enterprises race ahead with AI...

A glimpse of Nokia’s private 5G future – as staff in Europe protest

Nokia’s confirmation as Tampnet’s RAN supplier for a major offshore 5G build-out begs questions about the vendor’s future private 5G strategy – just as staff across Europe protest its restructuring plans, which includes the sale of its private 5G unit. Old news, new tensions –...

Mimosa promises purpose-built FWA as a practical alternative to private 5G

Mimosa Networks is offering either an alternative or a complement to private 5G – using unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum to deliver simple, scalable, and cost-effective FWA broadband for enterprises worldwide. In sum – what to know: Simplicity and speed – Mimosa’s point-to-point and point-to-multipoint FWA systems can...

“Very affordable and very quick” – plug-and-play private 5G

Private 5G has long promised Wi-Fi-like simplicity for industrial networks. At Industrial Wireless Forum, Moso Networks and partners Druid Software and X2nSat argued that promise has finally arrived: plug-and-play blueprints, three-minute deployments, and easily scalable 5G for enterprises of any size. In sum – what...

Agentic AI and private 5G – making Industry 4.0 smarter, safer, faster

At Industrial Wireless Forum, industry leaders explored how agentic AI running on private 5G is transforming factories and plants. The discussion highlighted not just the technology, but the architectural, connectivity, and data governance foundations that are essential to turn AI potential into real operational...

Mission critical? Mission, failed – inside Nokia’s private 5G omnishambles

Nokia insists nothing much has changed in its private 5G strategy. Which is a lie – everything has changed, as the Finnish vendor prepares to quit the private 5G market which it helped to create.  In sum – what to know: Mission failed – Nokia’s campus...

Is private 5G “just a niche”? What has Nokia just put on the block?

Private 5G is often dismissed as a niche – slow, complex, and commercially uncertain – but this view misses the point. As analysts argue, its real value lies in transforming mission-critical industries, aligning with emerging AI-driven automation, and delivering genuine growth in a flat...

Has Nokia lost its mind? Or just its soul?

Nokia’s latest strategic reboot – splitting its business in two and sidelining private networks – looks like a bold bet on an AI-fuelled future. But in shedding the unit where it is market leader, the company risks abandoning an innovative long-term growth engine while...

Europe’s cloud-edge AI future – multi-network orchestration for Industry 4.0 sovereignty

Europe’s digital sovereignty ambitions extend beyond cloud and data policy into the nuts and bolts of Industry 4.0 network orchestration. Through initiatives like IPCEI-CIS and 8RA, organisations including Adeptic Reply are building a federated cloud-edge continuum that can orchestrate multi-vendor, multi-network deployments at scale,...

Scaling private 5G – navigating spectrum, blueprints, and ecosystems

Private 5G is becoming a key pillar of industrial digitalisation, and yet it still presents problems for global enterprises in terms of spectrum regulation, radio design, and ecosystem partners. Deployment blueprints are hard to come by, but not out of reach – reckon China...

China Mobile targets cross-border scale for private 5G as industrial demand accelerates

China Mobile International is positioning itself as an enabler of cross-border private 5G deployments, helping Chinese enterprises build advanced industrial networks overseas while supporting global manufacturers entering China. The firm explains how China’s operator-led model, vast ecosystem, and turnkey delivery approach are reshaping private...

Software-defined private 5G – XCOM RAN seeks to bridge IT/OT for smarter Industry 4.0

Private 5G is reshaping how enterprises connect machines, people, and data at the edge – but success depends on bridging the long-standing divide between IT and OT. Globalstar’s XCOM RAN brings a software-defined approach to that challenge, combining open RAN architecture with licensed spectrum...

Private 5G and generative AI – a dream match at the industrial edge?

Private 5G and generative AI are redefining industrial connectivity and intelligence – but do they truly depend on one another? This discussion explores how these enabling technologies overlap, complement, and diverge in the enterprise stack – as manufacturers and operators push toward a more...

What are 5G tactical defense systems?

News that Nokia is partnering with Latvian operator LMT to build a 5G tactical communications system for military use in the Baltics underscores how 5G is moving from industrial and enterprise applications into defense. But what exactly is a 5G tactical comms system, and...

‘Ahead of the game’? Has T-Mobile just stolen a march in the US enterprise 5G market?

T-Mobile is moving aggressively in the US enterprise market with a hybrid private 5G offer that pulls together nationwide 5G-A coverage, network slicing, and local edge capabilities. Experts see promise and pitfalls in its bid to catch AT&T and Verizon. In sum – what to...

Quality RF, quality AI – iBwave’s quiet mission to prep private 5G for the AI era

As enterprises rush to deploy AI across their factories and logistics sites, the less glamorous work of radio design has never mattered more. US network design firm iBwave argues that escalating AI workloads depend first on getting the private 5G foundations right – because...

Private 5G and industrial AI at the enterprise edge – the John Deere view

AI is reshaping industrial operations – from real-time quality control to predictive maintenance and digital copilots on the factory floor. As these AI workloads become more mobile, data-intensive, and time-sensitive, private cellular networks are emerging as the critical infrastructure to keep them connected, reliable,...

OneLayer explains £28m global plan to secure private 5G in Industry 4.0

Security startup OneLayer has $28 million of new funding, and a big plan to expand further into Europe and Latin America as industrial enterprises go all-in on private 5G, and prioritize security from the start. It is a different market even from just a...

‘Biggest in the US’ – equity recap fuels Future Tech’s private 5G ambitions

US industrial integrator Future Technologies has completed a strategic recapitalization with local private equity firm Battle Investment Group to become North America’s largest private 5G provider within 12 months, using its new equity for acquisitions and expansion amid surging demand for industrial AI and...