industry 4.0

German companies Siemens and TRUMPF are partnering to integrate digital solutions and AI-ready technologies into smart factories, bridging IT and OT systems with open interfaces for enhanced efficiency, flexibility, and performance. In sum – what to know: Collaboration – Siemens …

Hitachi Rail has deployed a private 5G network at its Hagerstown factory in Maryland, designed by GlobalLogic with Ericsson technology – showcasing Hitachi’s ‘One Hitachi’ digital strategy to design and deploy digital-change in-house. In sum – what to know: Hitachi …

Volkswagen will invest €1bn in AI by 2030 to transform vehicle development, production, and IT, targeting €4bn savings, 25% faster innovation cycles, digital sovereignty in Europe, and “AI everywhere” across its industrial value chain. In sum – what to know: …

Future Technologies is deploying a private 5G edge system from Nokia at Maher Terminals in the New York/Jersey maritime port complex. Separately, Nokia has unveiled ruggedized 5G tactical comms solutions for “battlefield digitalization”. In sum – what to know: Maritime …

Finnish vendor Nokia has opened a 55,000 square-metre campus in Oulu in its home country for 5G/6G design, manufacturing, and testing. It integrates a bunch of Industry 4.0 tech, and a range of Industry 4.0 partners.   In sum – what …

Gilead Sciences is building an AI-enabled lab in Foster City, California, as the first part of a $32bn investment scheme that includes a number of a new high-tech Industry 4.0 constructions. Due to open in 2026, the site will drive …

The GSMA has waded into the debate about whether India should allocate mid-band spectrum for private 5G, urging the government that a carrier-led model is best. Meanwhile, word on the street is that India’s ‘demand survey’ last month to assess …

Argentina’s telecoms regulator has opened the 2.3-2.4 GHz band for private 4G/5G networks, offering 10-year SPIBA licences for indoor/outdoor enterprise use to support Industry 4.0 growth in the country. In sum – what to know: Mid-band spectrum – for enterprises …

Norway’s Tampnet is deploying private 5G, LEO satellite backhaul, and edge computing variously for Island Drilling’s semi-submersible rig and Vår Energi’s floating production unit (FPSO) in the North Sea – for industrial AI, digital twins, and safer offshore operations. In …

Enterprises including Disney, Foxconn, Hitachi, Hyundai, Lilly, SAP, Siemens, and TSMC have deployed Nvidia’s new RTX Pro server platform to transform old computing clusters into AI factories; CoreWeave and Google Cloud are deploying in regional hubs.  In sum – what …

Private 5G is gaining traction globally, with deployments from Tesla to Sinopec showing measurable productivity, safety, and efficiency gains, reinforcing forecasts of rapid market growth and momentum toward mainstream industrial adoption. Here are 23 of the best.  As is its …

Honeywell has acquired SparkMeter’s utility platforms in a tuck-in deal to expand its smart energy software, aligning with its strategy of spinning off legacy units while bolstering digital energy-transition capabilities. In sum – what to know: Tuck-in acquisition – the …

Private 5G spending will hit $5bn by 2028 (41% CAGR), push-to-talk revenues will reach $12bn (11% CAGR), and Industry 4.0 sales will climb to $1.6tn by 2030 (19.4% CAGR) – reflecting rapid digital transformation across sectors. In sum – what …

Few Indian enterprises responded to the government’s private 5G spectrum survey, undermining direct-access plans and strengthening mobile operators’ control. Vendor hopes for India to be the next big private 5G market may just have been dashed. In sum – what …

India’s private 5G spectrum policy remains undecided, with operators resisting liberalisation. COAI argues that an operator-led model is the only solution for India’s unique industrial setup – while the rest of the market warns a failure to deliver urgent regulatory …

Indian carrier alliance COAI has issued a strongly-worded statement to oppose a government review of spectrum allocation for private 5G networks – citing good public 5G, plus high costs, spectrum interference, economic loss, unfair competition, and security risks. All private …

AWS has expanded its AI offerings with Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.1 and Claude Sonnet 4 on Bedrock and OpenAI’s open weight models on Bedrock and SageMaker; they join a stable of closed and open LLMs on its cloud environment. In …

More tales of the rising momentum in the private networks market: BSNL has teed-up Numaligarh Refinery Limited in India, Nokia is supplying GSM-R (actually on 2G, with a 4G/5G evolution path) to ProRail in the Netherlands, and Vodacom is supplying …

Celona’s new AerFlex system does away with expensive edge hardware and complex RF management to offer easy cloud orchestration and compliant local breakout – to open private 5G to new segments; US manufacturer Cargill is testing the product at 20 …

NXP has acquired Port GmbH to integrate industrial protocol software into its processors – as the Dutch firm seeks to assert control over the most critical point in the industrial IoT value chain: the edge. In sum – what to …

T-Mobile and Ericsson deployed a private 5G network for Czech manufacturer Tawesco in the 3.4-3.8 GHz band to support Industry 4.0 applications; there are plans to expand the project across the entire plant, and into sister companies belonging to the …

Private 5G networks will grow due to demand for secure, high-quality connectivity—especially in manufacturing and energy. Lower costs, service models, and MNO resurgence are set to broaden adoption and scale. In sum – what to know: Average spend – will …

Mayo Clinic deploys Nvidia’s Blackwell DGX B200 servers and DGX SuperPOD platform to build scalable AI infrastructure for multimodal and generative foundation models in pathology, drug discovery, and precision medicine. In sum – what to know: AI data centre – …

Viasat has launched IoT Nano, a low-power satellite IoT service using Orbcomm’s OGx tech, enabling larger, faster messages for remote industries, with broad hardware compatibility and global enterprise coverage. In sum – what to know: Satellite IoT – new IoT …