Chipset makers Nordic Semiconductor and Qorvo have said they will collaborate on dual-mode IoT products running low-power short-range Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ultra wideband (UWB) technologies, they have announced. The deal follows Qorvo’s acquisition of Ireland-based UWB pioneer Decawave in February. Decawave produces UWB solutions for mobile, automotive, and IoT applications. Nordic and Qorvo…
Anyone who has used a public Wi-Fi hotspot for more than the occasional web browsing and emailing knows how unpredictable it can be. Wi-Fi’s lack of predictability has held back the deployment of wireless in many enterprise applications where predictable performance is essential. Fortunately — given the importance of wireless for many Industry 4.0 use…
Germany-based industrial IT hardware company Phoenix Contact has produced the first industrial 5G router for private networks, using a 5G module from China-based Quectel, and with impetus and testing from Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson. The trio had collaborated from an early stage, they said, to “rapidly develop” a solution that provides “industrial-grade performance over private…
Predictive maintenance, process automation focus use cases Hitachi and Microsoft Corp. announced a multi-year strategic alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of the manufacturing and logistics industries across Southeast Asia, North America and Japan. In a release, the partners said that the first solutions will be available in Thailand in July 2020. The two companies…
Swedish network vendor Ericsson is offering trial kits of private industrial 5G networks to enterprises via its mobile operator customers. It has confirmed Deutsche Telekom in Germany as its first operator partner to resell the test networks to local industry. Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom already claim a ‘strategic’ partnership on private and campus-based cellular networks…
IoT network provider Sigfox has expanded into Puerto Rico via a service provider agreement with local private equity firm, The Phoenix Fund. The new Sigfox Puerto Rico operation will also have support from Sigfox’s US-based business. The Phoenix Fund was established in 2018, as a financing vehicle for local companies to foster economic development. The…
Schneider Electric has signed a partnership with Marlink, which is an independent provider of satellite connectivity and ICT services, with the aim of extending access to the Internet of Things (IoT) for customers operating equipment and systems in remote and/or challenging locations. To address the growing need for remote asset monitoring, both for environmental…
Vodafone Business deploying Ford’s private 5G network with U.K. government backing As part of a U.K. government 5G investment program aimed at fostering digital transformation of industries, Vodafone Business announced it will build a private 5G wireless network at automaker Ford’s campus in Dunton. A second network in Cambridge will support welding research firm TWI.…
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Mercedes-Benz and NVIDIA have plans to jointly develop an in-vehicle computing system and AI computing infrastructure to be rolled out across the fleet of next-generation Mercedes-Benz in 2024. NVIDIA’s software-defined architecture, built on the company’s DRIVE platform, will become a standard feature in the automotive manufacturer’s line-up, with the primary featuring being the ability to…
