Construction Digital Magazine October 2021 | Page 86

“ The telco industry must realise that the value proposition for enterprise 5G does not lie in the technology as such , but in the applications it enables ”
Connectivity updates

“ The telco industry must realise that the value proposition for enterprise 5G does not lie in the technology as such , but in the applications it enables ”

LEO GERGS SENIOR ANALYST FOR PRIVATE NETWORKS AND ENTERPRISE CONNECTIVITY , ABI RESEARCH

Connectivity updates

• Ligado Networks is advancing its plan to deploy the first 5G mobile satellite network for IoT , partnering with Mavenir to develop base stations for advanced connectivity services that enable businesscritical operations anywhere in the US .
• Lumen Technologies has introduced Lumen Edge Private Cloud , providing prebuilt infrastructure for high-performance private computing connected to a global fibre network . Lumen Edge Private Cloud is fully managed by Lumen and helps businesses go to market quickly with the capacity needed for interaction-intensive applications .
• Frost & Sullivan has recognised Finlandbased Wirepas with the 2021 Global New Product Innovation Award for its Wirepas Private 5G solution . Operating on a dedicated global spectrum , it will be the world ' s first non-cellular 5G connectivity product .
• Cambium Networks has become a founding member of the Future Technologies Venture LLC Innovation Center in Atlanta . Cambium Networks helped define the mission for the centre , which includes a lab where enterprise , automation and industry 4.0 IT teams can trial broadband and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity solutions in a real-world environment .
• Laird Connectivity has announced its partnership with cloud-based connected device observability specialist , Memfault , to give developers using the Pinnacle 100 lowpower cellular socket modem and Sentrius MG100 LTE-M / NB-IoT / Bluetooth gateway integrated access to the Memfault remote debugging , continuous monitoring , and firmware update platform .
• London property development and investment company , Almacantar has appointed digital transformation specialist Nexer to oversee the total replacement of its CRM system .
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