One way or another, Palo Alto Networks is picking them off in the private 5G space. The US firm, one of the premier cybersecurity outfits, has tied up with London-headquartered system integrator NTT Data (stylised NTT DATA) on a managed security product for 5G...
Nokia has added to its burgeoning mission-critical (MX) tech supplies for Industry 4.0 with a new sensor fusion solution to mix multi-modal IoT data streams into an AI engine next to its private 4G/5G system to deliver singular contextual logic for bespoke industrial use...
Samsung Electronics has tested reduced-capability 5G (5G RedCap) on a private 5G network deployment at a factory belonging to Hyundai Motor Company in Ulsan, in South Korea. The tests were “end-to-end” and “successful”, the firm said, and marked an “industry-first” for testing RedCap on...
TRAI’s proposal could accelerate private 5G deployments, an area that has so far seen little traction in India
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recently proposed granting direct access to spectrum for companies, enabling them to set up private 5G networks independently, according...
Private network specialist Celona is ramping up its channel activity, including to certify devices on its private 4G/5G system. It has appointed US engineering solutions company Truminds Software Systems to its partner scheme, with the firm integrating its API platform with the Celona system,...
London-headquartered global system integrator NTT Data (stylised NTT DATA) has won a multi-year deal to deploy and populate a private 5G network at a 40,000-square-metre manufacturing facility for Roularta Media Group (RMG), Belgium’s largest printing company. Work has started already, with the private 5G...
Germany-based Industry 4.0 system integrator Smart Mobile Labs (SML), acquired by Boldyn Networks in January (2025), has signed a ‘framework’ deal with national rail operator Deutsche Bahn for the planning, delivery, construction and operation of private 5G ‘campus’ networks in the country. The deal...
More evidence, if it was needed, that 5G is all about enterprises – whether it is used by operators, themselves, to drive internal efficiencies, or sold to other sectors as private networks, network slices, or wide-area networks (WAN) services. Ahead of MWC, the GSMA...
Boldyn Networks has deployed a large-sized private standalone 5G (5G SA) network from Nokia at Oulu University Hospital in Finland. The work is part of the hospital’s so-called Hola 5G Oulu project, and is funded by money from the European Union. The network, already...
How private 5G connectivity puts warehouses on the fast track to fulfilment
Warehousing and logistics are complex and highly dynamic operations, and the challenge of meeting customer expectations is only growing. More than three-quarters of organisations in Australia say the volume, number or variety of...
Ireland-based private 5G specialist Druid Software has released a high-end version of its 5G core network for distributed private 5G deployments at the enterprise and network edge – in order for enterprises, operators, and other system vendors to be able to offload and manage...
Interesting announcement across the RCR news desk: Finnish firm Cumucore and Austrian outfit Kontron, both private 5G vendors, have combined to deliver time-sensitive networking (TSN) capabilities on a private 5G setup for Industry 4.0 customers. TSN is an Ethernet-based functionality, which enables synchronised comms...
More from US private 5G specialist Future Technologies, following from the long interview with the firm last week: the system integrator, on a stateside tear-up in the 5G-connected Industry 4.0 game, said it won over $20 million in industrial-grade private 4G and 5G deals...
British car maker Jaguar Land Rover has deployed a private 5G network from Swedish vendor Ericsson – with help from the UK integrator arm of Japanese IT firm Fujitsu. Ericsson invited both companies on stage at its pe-MWC analyst event in London today (February...
Hold tight; you might want to catch your breath. How’s business? It is only conversational; a casual salutation at the start of a pre-MWC call to coordinate diaries. But Peter Cappiello, chief executive at US system integrator Future Technologies, has a whole lot to...
Ericsson has been confirmed (by Ericsson) as the key vendor for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) to deploy private LTE across “parts of” 68 counties in Texas, in the US. It follows news last month that LCRA had taken a new licence with...
Either it has taken a year to get going, or else it has actually expanded – but US private 5G specialist Celona has stuck out another press note to proclaim its partnership with Riyadh-based telecoms group STC (Saudi Telecommunication Company; stylised stc) in the...
Netherlands-based transport and logistics firm KLG Europe has been testing private 5G on automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in a distribution centre with mobile operator KPN, as the latter fills-out commercial hardware facets of its so-called ‘KPN Campus’ private 4G/5G offer for large enterprises in...
Private LTE and 5G network adoption by enterprises is accelerating, as utilities, manufacturers, energy firms, port operators, and other industries with specialized needs see their digital transformation held back by both technical and economic limitations of traditional networking approaches. But as these organizations build...
Verizon reported a total operating revenue of $35.7 billion in Q4 2024, up 1.6% from Q4 2023
Verizon CEO Hans Vestburg told investors that as he looks back on 2024 — and the telco’s last quarter, in particular — he feels “cautiously optimistic.” It...
Boldyn Networks has secured a $1.2 billion debt facility in the US to support its plans in North America to supply private networks, neutral-host systems, and other connectivity solutions to enterprises. It follows almost two years after the US business, then BAI Group, reorganised...
Nokia and Ericsson both hailed healthy sales of private 5G networks to enterprises this week, to boost their final-quarter and full-year 2024 results. Nokia went furthest, to say it had a “record” quarter at the end of last year for new private 5G (and...
Ericsson is supplying private 5G and edge routers to the international SailGP grand-prix series of high-performance F50 catamaran races around the world. Its Cradlepoint routers will be installed in the ‘wings’ of each F50 catamaran, and communicate with hardware and software systems from Oracle...
Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND), a pioneer integrator in the private 5G space, has been running a test network on a Raspberry Pi in its work labs and meeting rooms – if only just to show enterprise customers (and network vendors, if pushed) how easy...
