Tag: IoT

December 13, 2023

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 […]

December 8, 2023

Finnish vendor Nokia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco du announced the conclusion of what it claimed to be UAE’s first 5G-Advanced 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) trial over a commercial network. The partners said that this recent trial showcased the […]

December 7, 2023

In both the contexts of driving global demand for energy and facilitating the reduction of consumption and attendant greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has a very important role to play. In an introductory presentation […]

November 30, 2023

The total number of cellular IoT connections will reach around three billion at the end of 2023, reckons Ericsson, with most, and the increasing majority, connected on so-called ‘broadband’ cellular IoT technologies LTE (4G) and 5G. The arrival of reduced-capability […]

November 29, 2023

According to IDC Research, 3.8 billion Wi-Fi devices are forecast to ship in 2023 alone, and of those, 473 million are expected to be Wi-Fi 6E devices. The firm further expects more than 18% of all Wi-Fi 6 device shipments […]

November 28, 2023

There was lots of other good stuff during the Devil’s Advocate session earlier this month at Industrial 5G Forum. Notably, a couple of questions came up on regional spectrum policy, and the importance of so-called ‘vertical’ spectrum which is owned […]

November 16, 2023

Carriers and network equipment manufacturers have stepped up tests and trials of 5G New Radio Reduced Capability (RedCap) in recent months. Geographically, these tests are taking place around the world, reflecting the global interest in 5G RedCap and the hope […]

November 10, 2023

Has 5G failed? No. Except you’d be forgiven for thinking so given everything that has been written about it in recent months – at least among the things I read, by the people I rate (and you all read, too). […]

October 24, 2023

The business arm of US wireless carrier UScellular has installed a private 5G network at KPMG’s customer co-creation centre at its headquarters in Chicago. The venue, dubbed the Ignition Center, measures 30,000 square feet and houses KPMG’s technology solutions teams. […]

October 20, 2023

As written (twice), the truth about private 5G, certainly so far as IoT and Industry 4.0 goes, can be found somewhere between the desperate excitement of MWC and the distracted indifference of Hannover Messe. And of these twin events, which […]

October 13, 2023

Starlink is planning to expand its satellite-to-cellular-phone services from emergency texting to include voice, data and IoT service, starting in 2025. A Starlink website promoting the LEO satellite company’s Direct to Cell services promises “ubiquitous coverage” and “seamless access to […]

October 11, 2023

IoT MVNO startup FloLIVE claims to have solved the challenge of IoT roaming in Turkey, one of several major markets to impose restrictions on permanent roaming. The London-based firm has worked with SIM specialist Kigen and local telco provider Protahub […]

October 10, 2023

In my last blog I said that optical networks, and the optical-routing bridge to a greater commitment to optical networks, is something enterprises I simply don’t believe telcos are willing to consider. That raises the obvious questions: Are enterprises right? […]

September 28, 2023

Siemens has stuck out a press release to declare the open availability of its private 5G system for industrial-grade networking in Germany, the original home of Industrie 4.0. Is that news, really? The German industrial behemoth’s in-house 5G project has […]

September 27, 2023

Meanwhile in other Sigfox news, Sigfox-parent Unabiz has sold a large-scale LoRaWAN network to a major shopping mall in the northeast of Singapore. NEX, a seven-storey shopping mall at the Serangoon bus station, located where the city-state’s Northeast and Circle […]

September 13, 2023

The long tail of national regulation on ‘vertical’ private 5G spectrum continues to wag, in a slightly inconsistent manner. Swiss telecoms regulator BAKOM has announced it will open the 3400-3500 MHz (3.4-3.5 GHz) band for enterprises to deploy private 5G […]

September 7, 2023

Iridium Communications, jockeying with US rival Orbcomm at the top of the satellite IoT market, has struck a deal with machinery manufacturer Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG) to connect its heavy equipment in global markets, including its excavators, loaders, and […]

August 29, 2023

Doing 10 times more with 10 times less is how we are going to save the planet, and how many public and commercial sectors will survive too. And it is all about massive IoT. The only reason massive IoT hasn’t […]

July 27, 2023

We are living in the realm of Industry 4.0 today, which is a digital paradigm referring to the integration of cutting-edge computing and digital technologies into global industries. Some of the key technologies in smart industries and smart factories are […]

July 18, 2023

OPPO, today announced the launch of its latest Reno10 series, featuring the all-new Reno10 Pro+ 5G, Reno10 Pro 5G, and Reno10 5G. In tandem, the global technology brand also launched two brand new IoT products, the OPPO Pad 2 and […]