BROWSING: mission critical

Nokia has launched a dedicated business unit in the U.S. to deliver private cellular, edge computing, and other critical connected solutions to the federal government. The new unit, called Nokia Federal Solutions, has been “bolstered”, the company said, by its recent acquisition of the...

Over time, fire safety practices and measures have been established worldwide to prevent fires, mitigate their impact and safeguard lives and property. Firefighting is a hazardous occupation. Firefighters face some of the most unique challenges to save people from life-threatening situations. Emerging technologies can...

Nokia estimated that the addressable market for core networks in enterprise private wireless is expected to reach $1.6 billion by 2027 Nokia unveiled its new network software solutions for the field and wide area network (FAN/WAN) needs of public safety and power utilities. The vendor said...

Want to know how to scale private 5G across manufacturing plants and manufacturing applications? Well, European aviation and aerospace manufacturer Airbus knows how. Of course, if you have followed the Airbus story in these pages, or caught its feature presentations and panel discussions at...

A panel session at Private Networks European Forum last month put the spotlight on the discipline of network and system management, specifically, where traditional mobile operators are increasingly facing-off with rival factions in the developing Industry 4.0 supplier market. These other groups include system...

Operators and vendors alike have stars (and more than a few dollar signs) in their eyes as they gaze longingly at the private wireless opportunity. It’s true; enterprises across industry verticals want to unleash a range of next-gen, connectivity-driven use cases. Finally, a market...

Ireland-based Druid Software has announced a deal to supply private LTE and 5G componentry to German critical comms system integrator Hytera Mobilfunk (HMF). HMF has developed a “brand new private 5G radio solution”, called 5G Smart Box, which will utilise Druid Software’s Raemis system...

Critical Communications World (CCW) in Vienna this week (June 20-23) told the now-familiar story of how an influential industrial sector, which has existed in a horizontal tech vacuum until now, is coming to terms with its future as an extreme vertical in a broader...

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 Azure workloads, in any...

Finnish industrial networking specialist Edzcom is working with France-based communications software provider Streamwide to bring higher-grade security to mission critical private LTE and 5G networks. It said the partnership will allow it to expand its offering in the ‘critical communications market’. Streamwide divides its portfolio...

The 5G solutions developed by Ericsson and Leonardo will support more advanced use cases and mission-critical services Ericsson is sharing R&D capabilities and cyber security, 5G and service evolution competences with global technology company Leonardo to improve operations and security in public safety and industrial...

The Global Certification Forum and mission-critical standards and interoperability group TCCA are jointly launching a task force focused on certification for 3GPP-based mission-critical services, including push-to-talk, video and data. The focus on cellular services delivered via mobile broadband networks is a shift for TCCA, which...

Industrial connectivity provider Ondas Networks has started offering private wireless connectivity for mission-critical services in the State of Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, plus certain adjacent counties. The company has switched on data coverage in large portions of these regions following its purchase...

The trials used a Nokia ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) prototype Nokia, ABB and Kalmar, part of Cargotec, have conducted industrial trials with 5G technology to support time-critical applications and enhance protection and efficiency in a smart electricity grid and for harbor automation. The involved companies said ultra-reliable low latency...

Autonomous operations a key application of mission critical IoT While operators are currently focused on early 5G use cases, enhanced mobile broadband and fixed wireless access, around the corner, as the technology develops, the next generation of cellular will support massive internet of things and...

Company taps 802.16s for mission critical IoT connectivity Mission critical IoT connectivity specialist Ondas Networks, formerly called Full Spectrum, went through the re-branding process to support its expanded focus on industrial IoT applications for high-value sectors including electric, gas and water utilities, oil and gas...

Biggest change in 5G core reflected in mission critical communications In December the 3GPP adopted the non-standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification and, following a meeting last week in South Korea, the group is poised next month to freeze contributions to the standalone 5G NR...

Massive support for IoT, as well as coexistence between LTE and 5G, are key points 5G is synonymous with speed, but there's more to the next generation of mobile networks than that. Massive support for the internet of things (IoT) and mission critical communications are...

What is CEP? Complex event processing is an emerging network technology commonly used in the "internet of things" that uses distributed message-based systems, databases and applications to derive conclusions from data in real time or near-real time. It is a kind of computing in which...

What is CEP? Complex event processing is an emerging network technology commonly used in the "internet of things" that uses distributed message-based systems, databases and applications to derive conclusions from data in real time or near-real time. It is a kind of computing in which...