UK telecoms provider BT has been appointed as the lead technology partner for the Worcestershire 5G Testbed (W5G), billed as the UK’s first live private 5G network. Swedish vendor Ericsson is supplying the 5G infrastructure for the smart manufacturing project, at the Worcester Bosch factory and Malvern Hills Science Park. BT, which runs the EE…
In truth, Wi-Fi HaLow is not new. The solution, geared towards low-power mid-range IoT solutions, was announced back in 2016. But there is gathering momentum around it, with chips and devices in the latter stages of development and a queue of customers apparently lined up. Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) uses sub-GHz spectrum frequencies below 900 MHz…
The industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) is here to stay. Many heavy industry companies in fields such as engineering, mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing are accelerating their adoption of digital transformation journeys due to recent global events. The barriers to adopting IIoT technology has also fallen dramatically in the past decade. Historical challenges to implementing IIoT…
Orange and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have demonstrated 5G network slicing in a robot-powered Industry 4.0 setup. The pair said they will expand the demo into an “end-to-end campus trial” as they plot its broader availability. HPE has also announced a new 5G lab in the US for carriers and other partners to put open…
Siemens sounded rather chuffed last week with the progress of and prospects for industrial 5G, both home and abroad. The company said at its digital enterprise summit that 5G, when it comes available as a viable networking alternative for industry, will be a “game-changer”. In particular, the company, engaged with the 3GPP standardisation process for…
Deutsche Telekom has completed the rollout of its 5G-ready LTE-M network across Germany, the carrier said in a release. The German operator said that LTE-M technology is now commercially available in both postpaid and prepaid IoT offerings, including its Business Smart Connect LPWA and M2M tariffs. To secure interoperability, Deutsche Telekom already completed first certifications of a number…
While the UK decision to ban Huawei from national 5G infrastructure does not, as it stands, cover the China-based firm’s ability to supply private cellular to UK enterprises, it will effectively disrupt its involvement in the space – and its scope may yet expand to preclude its involvement, altogether. The decision could also undermine UK…
UK based telecoms provider Vilicom has struck a deal with Danish power company Ørsted to design and deploy an LTE network at its Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. On completion, in 2022, Hornsea Two will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world. The LTE network from Vilicom, 90 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast,…
Qualcomm Technologies and the San Diego Regional Proving Grounds (SDRPG) announced the launch of a new C-V2X direct communication program for California. SDRPG and Qualcomm Technologies designed the program to facilitate use case research and testing for vehicle communications in realistic operating conditions. The public agencies involved in this initiative aim to utilize the…
Spanish infrastructure company Cellnex Telecom has acquired Finnish private networking specialist Edzcom for an undisclosed fee. The deal was announced in the company’s six-month business update for the period to the end of June, alongside the purchase of Arqiva’s Telecommunications division in the UK earlier this month. A statement said: “Cellnex [has] acquired 100 percent…
