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Sony Semiconductor Israel has introduced a new dual-band low-power cellular IoT chipset solution which it claims is the “first” to combine the both LTE-M and NB-IoT in a single integrated modem. The new ALT1350 chipset also supports satellite (non-terrestrial; NTN) …

Carrier’s service revenues were up 5.6% year-over-year, AT&T confirms that it already has live 5G SA AT&T reported strong third-quarter results and said that its midband 5G spectrum roll-out is happening faster than expected. The carrier started off expecting to …

A panel session at Private Networks European Forum earlier this month put the spotlight on the discipline of private 5G and edge system management, specifically, where traditional mobile operators are increasingly facing-off with rival factions in the developing Industry 4.0 …

US-based food manufacturing giant Mars has rolled out digital twin technology, marrying IoT sensor outputs with AI analytics inputs in a edge/cloud dashboard, across its factories in the US, specifically to reduce instances of over-filling packages in food production. The …

Stockholm-based edge AI platform company Imagimob is working with AI chip solution provider Syntiant to integrate its miniaturised machine learning (tinyML) platform with the California firm’s low-power NDP120 AI processor. The combination will enable developers to use the Imagimob platform …

Nokia has released a couple of notable upgrades to its Mission-Critical Industrial Edge (MXIE) system to afford channel partners and enterprise customers the facility to host legacy non-cloud OT workloads and contemporary third-party Industry 4.0 apps in the platform, to …

Multi-instance GPU provisioning helps ‘right-size’ edge AI deployments Edge AI moves the computational focus out of the data center and closer to the edge of the network, where the users and their data are both located. Nvidia announced Monday improvements …

The second phase of 5G helps maximize operator investments while setting the stage for 6G The first phase of 5G is largely complete and already delivering impactful new consumer and enterprise experiences. Looking to the coming years, with the transition …

Google Cloud has followed hyperscale mega-rivals Microsoft and AWS into the private 5G market with a bunch of specialist vendor and channel partners, starting with Betacom, Boingo Wireless, Celona, Crown Castle, and Kajeet. It said it is offering “turn-key” private …

Nokia is to integrate Microsoft’s Azure Arc cloud management platform into its MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) solution for mission-critical Industry 4.0 environments. The tie-up will afford customers buying private wireless and edge computing from Nokia a way to also manage …

UK telecoms group BT has revealed a ‘charter’ to invest almost £100 million over the next three years in its new Division X digital change unit, which is at the heart of its broader strategy to establish itself as a …

T-Mobile US has recruited Nokia to help it with private 5G and hybrid public-private 5G networks. The pair will develop products for T-Mobile’s new suite of network solutions for enterprise and government customers, which will afford a higher degree of …

Nokia has added Wi-Fi 6 and 6E to its seminal Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private LTE and 5G networking product, available from the fourth quarter of 2022. DAC support for Wi-Fi is included for non-critical industrial applications, it said; the …

Lithium batteries are being deployed in more stationary UPS and backup power applications and displacing lead acid batteries.  But why are Lithium batteries growing in 5G Telecom and EDGE deployments now? Advances in battery electronics, cell chemistry, and regulatory guidelines …

Blue White Robotics, Federated Wireless, and Intel have announced work to adapt and connect existing farm equipment, notably tractors, at a California winery into autonomous production vehicles. The trio said the test project, which includes a private 4G/5G installation in …

Vodafone has launched a new ‘edge innovation programme’ (2.0) to offer enterprise customers and technology partners the chance to co-create new applications with on-premise edge and network-based edge multi-access edge compute (MEC) resources, as well as with standard centralise cloud …

Edge: how can organizations put action into one of the biggest buzzwords? With technology advancements, 5G maturity, and accelerated IoT adoption skyrocketing the number of connected endpoints – an anticipated 70 billion active IoT devices by 2030 – bringing data …

Note, for more on this topic, and more on Schneider Electric’s private 5G story, catch Zach Nimboorkar on the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on April 28 on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard). He is joined by speakers …

Another challenge, apart from devices, with the mission to scale industrial 5G is with sales channels. Speaking a while back, following its “flagship” arrangement with system integrator Kyndryl for its various Industry 4.0 gear, Nokia says its strategy on private …

As telecom networks disaggregate and move toward delivering powerful infrastructure and applications at the edge, the number of components to deploy and manage across geographic locations grows exponentially. At the same time, Communications Services Providers (CSPs) are looking to transform …

As well as a new private 5G deployment in Hamburg for IT service provider Dataport, covered Wednesday (March 30), O2 Telefónica has confirmed a private 5G setup at the Helios Park-Klinikum, a private psychiatric and orthopedics hospital, in Leipzig. O2 …

The operator pack, as one would expect, is dividing in two around the Industry 4.0 market, suggests UK-based BT, with serious-minded enterprise-geared providers restructuring their sales operations in order to ‘prime’ the pumps, and switch on a new flow of …

Print services company Lexmark has stepped up its adventures in IoT service provision with the introduction of a new edge AI solution for Industry 4.0 projects, and for the manufacturing sector, in particular. The firm noted the trend towards edge …

Low latency, ultra-reliability, fast speeds — 5G networks promise it all. How do operators and vendors make sure that they’re truly delivering, particularly when it comes to serving enterprises? What changes are necessary to optimize and monitor 5G networks when …

With the proliferation of IoT, connectivity and computing technologies are becoming more diverse. It can seem there are so many ways to power an IoT ecosystem, and it can be hard to cut through the hype of buzzwords to understand …