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Vodafone Germany, BASF start construction of 5G campus network

Vodafone Germany said the new campus network will be ready by the end of 2024 German carrier Vodafone announced it is setting up a private 5G-based campus network for BASF Schwarzheide at the former’s Lausitz production site. Vodafone said it will equip the production site with...

‘Tech-co first, telco second’ – private 5G firm Citymesh emerges as MNO for enterprises

On the face of it, the acquisition of local internet service provider EDPnet by Belgium-based Citymesh, which describes itself lately as a telco “challenger” brand in its home market, holds limited interest – to RCR’s enterprise readership, at least. But in ways, the deal...

Battery maker Basquevolt taps Telefónica for URLLC factory upgrade (minus 5G, Wi-Fi)

Telefónica and Siemens are to provide Spanish battery manufacturer Basquevolt with the “best technological and connectivity solutions” to launch a new “prototyping line” at its plant in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country region in northern Spain. The project specifies an ultra-fast and...

Netherlands opens 3.6 GHz band for private 5G

The Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure (RDI) has announced local spectrum licences in the so-called ‘3.6 GHz band’ are available now for local private 5G networks. It has confirmed that enterprises and institutions can now apply for two 50 megahertz portions of the band,...

Nokia and Aramco to develop 5G use cases and applications for Industry 4.0

Nokia Bell Labs, the Finnish vendor’s research division, is working with Saudi energy company Aramaco, owned by Saudi Aramco, are working to develop 5G-related Industry 4.0 cases and proofs for “priority industrial sectors” in Saudi Arabia – and the wider Middle East and Africa...

NTT unites local vendors, plus Nokia and HP, on multi-vendor private 5G trials

Local mobile operator NTT East, part of the multinational NTT group, has convened a cellular-geared Industry 4.0 working group of 18 domestic and international 5G equipment vendors to collaborate on private 5G propositions for enterprises in the eastern part of Japan. The likes of...

Cambridge Consultants White Paper: Developing private network technologies for demanding use cases

Private networks can be game changers in enabling productivity, flexibility and differentiation for enterprises with complex or highly demanding needs. And yet, private network adoption has been slower than expected.But it appears a shift is on the horizon as emerging economic, geopolitical, and technological...

Energy transition needs a ‘flatter (cellular IoT) architecture’, says Kigen

Note this article is continued from a previous entry, under the title ‘Cellular has changed’ – eSIM positions cellular IoT for energy transition. Click here for the previous instalment. But, as said, metering is a weird game, which employs different technologies in different local markets...

ASOCS teams with Lufthansa Industry to test high-accuracy private 5G positioning

Israeli edge-cloud and private cellular software company ASOCS is working with Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND), the system integrator (SI) division of German aviation firm Lufthansa Group, and an early pioneer of private 5G in Europe, to test and develop its own industrial 5G positioning...

Port of Tyne in UK gets private 5G network from BT and Ericsson

The Port of Tyne has deployed a private 4G and 5G network across its southern cargo terminal and industrial site in South Shields in the northeast of England. The project has been managed by UK operator BT, which has provided localised tranches of its...

Wirepas raises $22m to accelerate massive IoT drive

IoT connectivity company Wirepas, selling a non-cellular mesh technology for industrial IoT, has raised $22 million to amp-up its enterprise sales operation in global markets. Wirepas, offering both low and high-power IoT mesh technology (and using 5G branding for the latter), claims higher levels...

O2 Telefónica hands Transatel MVNO deal in Germany, targeting automotive and industrial IoT

NTT-owned IoT MVNO-enabler Transatel has signed a wholesale deal with O2 Telefónica in Germany to offer IoT coverage and applications for the automotive sector and wider industrial market. The arrangement gives the France-based firm, offering local MVNO and MVNE services in Europe for two...

‘There’s a reason utilties use unlicensed bands’ – Ubiik preps any-band LTE push

Note: this article is continued from a previous entry, available here, which went under the headline: ‘If you want 100% cellular, then you get what you get’ – why hybrid IoT is the only IoT. Where were we? Oh yes; this idea that governments, regulators,...

‘If you want 100% cellular, then you get what you get’ – why hybrid IoT is the only IoT

There are some clever companies in the IoT space. Of course there are; but there are, arguably, more in IoT than anywhere else in the tech game. They just don’t generally make the same kind of noise. Sure, some talk way too much, but...

Planning for tomorrow: developing private wireless networks for demanding use cases 

In today's technology-driven landscape, the reliance of organizations on their technological infrastructure is nothing short of absolute. While some may make do with conventional Wi-Fi setups, others will find that off-the-shelf solutions simply fall short of meeting their unique and complex needs. Private wireless networks...

Kagan: Globalstar must break through loud noise of private wireless

How will Globalstar be seen and heard in 5G private wireless? Private wireless is one of the most rapidly growing, busiest and noisiest places in the entire industry. Paul Jacobs is the new CEO of Globalstar, and it looks like he wants to put the...

Is 5G a success? Ask enterprises, not consumers (Reader Forum)

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article titled “After More Than Four Years, Has 5G Lived Up to Expectations?” The article explores whether or not 5G has lived up to the hype, and potential reasons for the technology’s overall performance in the market....

Nokia appoints UK engineering and IT services firm NG Bailey as private 5G reseller

Nokia has handed UK-based engineering and services firm NG Bailey a distribution contract to sell its private LTE and 5G solutions into the healthcare, manufacturing, education, infrastructure sectors in the UK. NG Bailey said it will open a 5G demonstration lab at its headquarters...

Kagan: Huawei showed off 5.5G and FWA progress at MBBF 2023

A few weeks ago, at a wireless conference in Dubai, Huawei showed their progress and the direction for the next several years. In fact, every wireless company worldwide will experience these same growth opportunities. So, let’s take a closer look at where the wireless...

OMRON bundles managed private 5G from Edzcom into AMR solution

Cellnex-owned Edzcom, one of the pioneer firms in the industrial private cellular market, has a deal with electronics firm OMRON to provide industrial enterprises with a managed private LTE/5G service with the Japanese firm's industrial robotics products. The partnership has been formalised in the...

iBwave intros stencil library to simplify network design process

Canadian network design company iBwave Solutions has released a new library of common network modelling templates, or stencils, to accelerate the network design process for radio engineers. The new Stencil Library combines user-defined templates of frequently used markups, images, 3D materials, and objects. The...

Drei Austria adds nationwide LoRaWAN to cellular 5G-IoT and NB-IoT offer

Network operator Hutchison Drei (Three) in Austria is rolling out a nationwide LoRaWAN network in its home work to provide industrial IoT connectivity for Industry 4.0 use cases, including for manufacturing companies, energy companies, solution providers, smart cities, retail companies, and facility management services....

Ceragon targets private networks, mmWave with Siklu acquisition

Ceragon Networks is looking to buy Siklu for $13 million to $15 million Israeli 5G wireless transport provider Ceragon Networks is looking to acquire connectivity solutions provider Siklu for an enterprise value of $13 million to $15 million. In a press statement, Ceragon CEO Doron Arazi...

What goes where – deconstructing critical 5G edge/cloud workloads

Note, this article is taken from the RCR editorial report on Critical 5G Edge Workloads, published in September. The following is the first part of the foreword to the report. Go here to download the full report. The subject will be further explored in the upcoming...