Orange corrals industrial players around private standalone 5G in Port of Antwerp

Orange has brought in a first wave of industrial companies into its new 5G-geared Industry 4.0 campus in Antwerp, in Belgium. Those to join are the Port of Antwerp, chemical company Borealis, and polymer manufacturer Covestro. The quartet will play (“co-innovate”) with real-life industrial applications that make use of the massive machine-type (mMTC) and incoming…

India finally commits to quantum computing, promises $1.12B investment

The Indian government said today it plans to invest ₹8000 crores ($1.12 billion) in quantum computing research over five years. The country’s finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, said the scheme will boost the research for technology under the National Mission of Quantum Technology and Application project. India’s investment comes quite late as plenty of nations have already…