Nokia to deploy dedicated 5G for ‘Industry 4.0 hotbed’ in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture

Local Japanese telco KATCH is looking to hoover up Industry 4.0 contracts among automotive and high-tech manufacturers in the Aichi Prefecture, in Japan, after apponting Finnish vendor Nokia and local systems integrator CTC to deploy a dedicated private 5G network in the region. KATCH wants to offer “autonomous industrial-grade private 5G networks” to enterprises and…

Virgin Media hits 2.2Gbps speeds in latest broadband innovation trial

Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media has successfully completed a broadband innovation trial in which it achieved multi-gigabit speeds. In the trial, Virgin Media achieved speeds of 2,200Mbps in Manchester and Southampton—around 40 times faster than average local connections. Jeanie York, Virgin Media’s Chief Technology and Information Officer, said: “We invest more than £1 billion into our…