BROWSING: Internet of Things (IoT)
Honeywell opens smart factories in Eastern Europe to drive smart logistics in region
US smart buildings and performance materials conglomerate Honeywell is to open an advanced research and development (R&D) testing facility in the Czech Republic for its Honeywell Intelligrated warehouse automation business. The new facility, to establish central and eastern Europe as a warehouse automation hub...
UK industrial AR startup XYZ Reality targets North America with AR hardhat solution
London-headquartered industrial AR startup XYZ Reality has released its new AR headset, the Atom, for the construction industry. The new product (see promo video at the bottom of the page) goes with its Holosite AR platform, and follows a £20 million Series A funding...
‘A thousand flowers will bloom’ – should carriers climb into bed with hyperscalers?
It is a good question, and maybe the only question for mobile operators going into the Industry 4.0 space. Camille Mendler, a chief analyst at Omdia, asked it of Google Cloud in a recent webinar, which went under the same header, about why mobile...
SoftBank, Honda test 5G, cellular V2X to reduce collisions
Japanese operator SoftBank and compatriot car maker Honda announced they have started a use case-based verification of technologies to reduce collisions between pedestrians and vehicles using a 5G Standalone mobile communication system and a cellular V2X communication system.
Using SoftBank's 5G SA experimental base station...
Colt leads Accedian, Airspan, Athonet in 5G smart-building consortium in Paris
UK telecoms integrator Colt Technology Services is leading a private 5G consortium including Accedian, ADVA, Airspan, and Athonet to test end-to-end private cellular in a real estate environment in France. The setup uses a disaggregated architecture, and has a bearing on related verticals, notably...
Vodafone adds 24m IoT SIMs in 12 months, tips EU’s Covid recovery plan for new growth
Vodafone added 24 million IoT SIM connections in the 12 months to September 30. Its total connections count stood at 136 million at the end of the period, at the end of the second half of the 2021/22 financial year, up from 112 million...
Athonet tells enterprises to ‘bring your own’ private 5G RAN
Private network specialist Athonet is telling enterprises to ‘bring your own RAN’ with the introduction of a facility in its network management system to select from a combination of radio products according to “the needs of the mix of applications” in their edge environments.
The...
Is neutral host the killer app for enterprise 5G? (Reader Forum)
Recent FCC rules establishing the commercial use of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum within the 3.55 to 3.7GHz range (band 48) is driving enterprise interest in the use of cellular technology to enable connectivity for many digital initiatives that demand predictable performance,...
MFA intros PLMN ID facility to protect private 5G networks from unauthorised access
MFA (MulteFire Alliance) has launched a new ‘network identifier’ scheme to provide enterprises with a unique global public land mobile network (PLMN) ID for their private LTE and 5G networks. The facility allows them to create “unique and distinguishable” private networks, so only authorized...
Huawei, Haier, China Mobile unveil 5G solutions for smart manufacturing
Haier, China’s largest consumer electronics and home appliance producer, collaborated with Huawei and China mobile to apply innovative manufacturing solutions combining 5G and mobile edge computing in its smart factories.
Developed at a joint-innovation base established in February, the solutions integrate 5G edge computing with...
Orange plays SI in supply of non-cellular BLE tracking for Safran Aircraft Engines
Orange Business Services, the IT and system integrator (SI) division of mobile operator Orange, has delivered a non-cellular Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) based indoor tracking system for aerospace manufacturer Safran Aircraft Engines across two sites in France. The solution pulls together tracker tags from...
‘The Wi-Fi portfolio is unmatched’: Wi-Fi Alliance on Wi-Fi Certified HaLow
Operating in the sub-1 GHz band, Wi-Fi HaLow sports long range and low power connectivity, and can provide reliable connectivity in challenging environments
The Wi-Fi Alliance recently announced the arrival of Wi-Fi Certified HaLow, designed for the certification of products incorporating IEEE 802.11ah technology, expanding...
Telenor turns to Google Cloud for digitalization
Telenor has announced a partnership with Google Cloud to modernize and digitize as it pivots to offer cloud-native 5G services.
Five on treasure island – the key players sharing the spoils at the industrial edge
Speaking yesterday (November 15) with Enterprise IoT Insights about a new deal to supply BLE-based trackers to France-based aerospace manufacturer Safran Aircraft Engines, Orange Business Services portrayed itself as the orchestrator, practically, of Industry 4.0. It is a telling assessment, and an interesting case:...
Latency, but not as we know it – plus other industry drivers for the move to the edge
Speaking last week on a webinar session with analyst house Omdia – following the release of its new industrial edge portfolio at Google Next 2021 last month, and ahead of a new joint-research report with Omdia on why mobile operators should work with hyperscalers...
Siemens Energy to use Nvidia Omniverse platform for predictive maintenance
Siemens Energy will utilize the Nvidia Omniverse platform to create digital twins tasked with supporting predictive maintenance of its power plants.
“Nvidia’s open platforms along with physics-infused neural networks bring great value to Siemens Energy,” said Stefan Lichtenberger, technical portfolio manager at Siemens Energy. “Nvidia’s...
Overcoming IoT security threats from the start (Reader Forum)
Here’s the sobering reality: across the Internet of Things (IoT), security has been overlooked. An amazing 1.51 billion IoT devices were breached in the first six months of 2021, an increase from 639 million in the same time period in 2020. With the anticipated...
IoT turns a corner (plus five IoT lessons from the top)
From IoT for internal efficiency to external productivity
A new report by analyst house Transforma Insights for IT hardware and services provider Oracle says enterprise internet of things adoption has turned a corner, and gained some newfound maturity. It is a decent read, which draws...
DT offers LTE-M solutions to help monitor flood risks, roof collapses, coastal erosion
Deutsche Telekom has developed a new LTE-M based sensor solution with US based infrastructure and analytics company Divirod to help municipal authorities and water companies to gather data insights about the risk of flooding and extreme weather events. Divirod has developed the sensors, and...
5G manufacturing involves much more than 5G
MEC, AI, ML and IoT all have a part to play in 5G manufacturing
5G is a powerful technology but the notion of 5G manufacturing—using 5G to drive digital transformation within a manufacturing enterprise—includes more than just the network. To drive efficiency gains in manufacturing...
New design approaches to house 5G and IoT at the smart-city edge (Reader Forum)
The constantly increasing demand for reliable, high-throughput digital connectivity is the crucial driver behind the ongoing deployment of 5G cellular systems across North America. In response, telecom providers are investing billions to build out this critical infrastructure.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic – and the more...
Australian NB-IoT beer-keg tracking goes live for breweries in North America
Australian IoT hardware maker Binary Beer and Canadian IoT software company Kegshoe, specialising in keg trackers and tracking solutions for breweries, respectively, have teamed up to sell their products in tandem. The deal means breweries and distributors in Canada and the US can utilise...
How to build a business case for 5G manufacturing
AE Aerospace uses 5G manufacturing processes to optimize workflow and monetize excess production capacity
So the logic goes, enterprise buyers aren’t investing in technologies like 5G without a strong business case that reflects the impact wireless will have on operational key performance indicators, cost savings,...
Devices, interoperability are key to private 5G adoption by manufacturers
5G manufacturing ecosystems are still lacking some key aspects , ABI analyst says
The availability of 5G-capable devices for manufacturing environments and the ability of private 5G networks to support legacy manufacturing protocols are two of the factors that will help determine the speed at...