A number of 5G features make the technology perfect for testing and improving autonomous vehicles Verizon and University of Michigan’s Mcity are using 5G technology to advance transportation safety and shape the future of autonomous vehicles and smart cities. The Mcity Test Facility, which sits on a 32-acre site on U-M’s North Campus Research Complex and…
Nokia has agreed with NTT DoCoMo and Omron to run a series of joint field trials of 5G at production sites in Japan to assess the reliability of industrial 5G networks and the viability of modular “layout-free” production lines. Nokia said in its announcement that manufacturing – out of all industries, and way ahead of…
Canadian investment company McRock Capital has held an initial closing on its second venture capital fund, McRock Fund II LP, dedicated to investing in the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) space. The new fund has reached over 80% of its targeted CAD100 million ($75.9 million). Investors include Cisco Investments, Shell and other significant corporate and…
Test company Keysight Technologies has joined the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) to establish a test framework for industrial 5G networks and applications, and to assure certification of related industrial IoT components The 5G-ACIA now has more than 50 members from across technology and industrial fields, with a strong showing from European…
Telstra and Ericsson have announced a deal with Perth-based mining and metals company South32 to deploy “one of the largest underground mining LTE networks in the world”. The new private LTE network, using Ericsson network equipment and Telstra radio spectrum, will be built at South32’s Cannington mine in northwest Queensland, which produces silver, lead and…
Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners announced its strategic collaboration with Georgia Tech and Delta Air Lines to advance autonomous vehicle and infrastructure research. Curiosity Lab is a 5G-enabled autonomous vehicle and smart city living laboratory located in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Delta and Curiosity Lab’s collaboration will provide critical seed funding…
A Vietnam-based startup car manufacturer, VinFast, claims to have built a “fully-digital” automotive factory with capacity for 250,000 cars a year, and flexibility to scale to more, from scratch in just 21 months. Similar greenfield developments, to establish new automotive manufacturing facilities, have taken twice as long to produce cars, it said. The company, part…
Australian carrier Telstra has more than 3.2 million devices are now connected to the telco’s IoT network, Gerhard Loots, head of Telstra’s IoT business, said in a blog post. The executive also said that an average of 2,000 devices are being connected to the network every day. He also said that Telstra aims to have…
Digital transformation of the global maritime freight industry is gathering pace. A new report claims digital change in the shipping industry will expand in value-terms by around 10 per cent per year in the period to 2027, reaching about $38.4 billion in total. Danish firm Maersk, one of the shipping industry’s leading proganists, is has…
Germany is to pump €40 billion into digital transformation of its old coal-mining regions, to drive enterprise and employment as coal mining is phased out in the country. New legislation that is expected to pass by the end of the year, which will designate the funds go on connectivity and innovation in the coal-producing states…
