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Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media

Cellnex gets EU funds for shared 5G network for IoT, V2X on Czech-Poland border

March 11, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

Shared 5G infrastructure is to be deployed for smart vehicle and traffic communications, plus for rural connectivity, in cross-border areas between the Czech Republic and Poland. The project is funded by the European Union (EU) as part of its Connecting […]


Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media

Vodafone wins 10-year smart meter deal with Aqualia in Spain

March 11, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

One we missed, from late February: Spanish water company Aqualia has appointed Vodafone on a 10-year deal to automate and manage its advanced meter infrastructure, with a view to supply more than one million NB-IoT smart meters over the first […]


Networks & Systems

Sateliot preps four new NB-IoT satellites, primes €1bn sales pipe

March 8, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

Barcelona-based satellite IoT provider Sateliot, building an NB-IoT satellite system based on Release 17 specs in the 5G NR cellular standard, is to launch four new IoT satellites this summer with SpaceX to connect nearly seven million IoT devices, it […]


Local area networks and wide area networks, Modern Media

Actility and Kerlink bundle radio and core into single private LoRaWAN IoT system

March 4, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

French LoRaWAN stalwarts Actility and Kerlink are integrating their LoRaWAN network hardware and connectivity software into a simplified private LoRaWAN network solution to enable “easy” deployment and scalability of industrial IoT projects, the pair have said. The combined solution includes […]


News

Cisco joins with Misui, KDDI to deploy private 5G at Industry 4.0 test lab in Japan

March 1, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

The Japanese arm of Cisco has joined with Mitsui Information and KDDI Engineering, parts of trading group Mitsui Group and telecoms operator KDDI respectively, to deploy a private 5G network at the Shinwa Komaki SFiC Lab in Komaki City, in […]


Modern Media, Unified communications

The Frictionless Work Experience: AI and WEX Apps

February 15, 2024

Via: No Jitter

The typical office and workday are riddled with inefficiencies –– and that goes for nearly all industries. Employees often encounter challenges with outdated technology infrastructure, leading to slow processes and frustrating delays. Meanwhile, the lack of seamless collaboration tools is […]


Internet, Modern Media

Hard truths and fairytales from the sharp-end of IoT (plus lessons for private 5G)

February 15, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

MWC is a brilliant show, of course. Not because of the big talk and shiny displays, although they are fun, too. But because you can get lost on the main streets and back alleys of this pop-up tech metropolis for […]


Modern Media, Worldwide equipment

Module maker u-box intros new LTE-M and GNSS ‘combo’ units for low-power IoT

February 8, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

Swiss IoT module maker u-blox has announced two new LTE-M cellular module series, the SARA-R52 and LEXI-R52, designed for industrial IoT applications. Both are based on its UBX-R5 cellular chip and integrate GNSS positioning. The firm is pitching them for […]


Internet, Modern Media

Six verticals for Wi-Fi HaLow – as Wi-Fi crowd preps new low-power IoT contender

January 26, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), handling Wi-Fi industry cooperation and initiatives, has said Wi-Fi HaLow is ready to rock in “commercial IoT deployments across a range of sectors”. As such, it has issued a new white paper with a bunch […]


Networks & Systems

Hitachi splits Vantara in two – separates IoT/IT/OT solutions from cloud infra services

January 19, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

A piece of news from the back-end of last year, but worth memorialising here, in light of Hitachi Vantara’s early role in driving Industry 4.0 with its Lumada IoT platform, and its strategy and thought leadership to develop the co-creation […]


Broadcast, Modern Media

RedCap surge to drive cellular IoT volumes up 70% to 5.4b by 2030

January 18, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

Mass adoption of reduced-capability 5G (5G RedCap) for mid-tier cellular IoT applications will start from next year (2024), commencing in China, reckons analyst house Omdia. The arrival of RedCap, it said, will help to drive overall cellular IoT connections to […]


Internet, Modern Media

Iridium invites IoT community to pitch requirements for its satellite NB-IoT network

January 11, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

Satellite comms provider Iridium Communications is inviting device makers, chipmakers, mobile operators, and IoT developers to have their say on the functionality of its developing NB-IoT satellite network. The US firm has convened a consultancy operation as part of its […]


Internet, Modern Media

5G and IoT will benefit society more than AI – Vodafone on 2024 (Reader Forum)

January 8, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

David Joosten, director of the Americas and partner markets at Vodafone Business, identifies key trends that will shape the digital enterprise market in 2024, as follows… 1 | 5G and IoT will benefit society more than AI The convergence of […]


Networks & Systems

TeamViewer invests ‘double-digit millions’ in Industry 4.0 duo to drive AI/AR IoT offer

January 4, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

German enterprise group-comms software provider TeamViewer, which has featured prominently in remote collaboration and augmented reality (AR) use cases for early private cellular network deployments, has invested a “low double-digit million” euro sum into two separate Industry 4.0 solution providers: […]


Internet, Modern Media

Kigen announces eSIM / iSIM deals with IoT platform providers Neue and TEAL

January 3, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

Ireland-based SIM specialist Kigen has issued a couple of announcements about supply deals in the eSIM / iSIM space. The firm is working separately with IoT platform providers Neue and TEAL, from Sweden and the US, to combine its SIM […]


Internet, Modern Media

Seven IoT reports to set you up for 2024 – on cellular/non-cellular edge/cloud private/public IoT

January 2, 2024

Via: RCR Wireless News

Some new-year reading, before the 2024 news agenda goes into over-drive; here, the enterprise team at RCR Wireless picks some choice long-form reports from 2023 about all-things IoT (low- and high-power, and in between) to set the conversation for 2024-in-tech. […]


Internet, Modern Media

Vodafone equips low-carbon Industry 4.0 demonstrator in the UK

December 19, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

Vodafone has equipped an Industry 4.0 demonstrator project at the University of Sheffield in the UK with a range of IoT technologies so manufacturers can understand how digital tech can support their net zero and energy efficiency objectives. Vodafone is […]


Internet, Modern Media

What might 6G be used for? Scenarios from ITU

December 19, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

As conversations around global spectrum use for terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks coalesced at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Dubai, the future of wireless was top-of-mind. As work progresses on future 6G systems, a timeline is emerging for standardization and commercialization—and […]


Internet, Modern Media

Vodafone, Deloitte intro blockchain IoT service to streamline trust in supply chains

December 18, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

Pairpoint, Vodafone’s ‘economy-of-things’ joint-venture (JV) business with Japanese trading and electric services company Sumitomo Corporation, has teamed up with professional services company Deloitte and IoT tracking firm Nexxiot to verify the provenance of IoT data in the international logistics market. […]


Internet, Modern Media

China aims for 6G commercialization by 2030: Report

December 13, 2023

Via: RCR Wireless News

China aims to start commercializing 6G technology by 2030 and expects that the standard-setting for the technology will be achieved around 2025, Chinese press reported, citing Wang Zhiqin, the head of China’s 6G promotion team and vice president of the […]