Cellular IoT connectivity revenues surpassed €10bn in 2022, says Berg Insight

A new report from the IoT market research firm Berg Insight says that global IoT (internet of things) connectivity revenues increased 24% to reach €10.8 billion in 2022 as the decline in the global ARPU (average revenue per unit) decelerated. The ARPU dropped just 1% to €0.38. On average, IoT connectivity revenues account for about

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MWC Shanghai wraps 10th anniversary event, the highlights

After three days of discussion, debate and networking, the Global System for Mobile Association (GSMA) concluded Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2023, with nearly 37,000 mobile ecosystem policy makers and business leaders, travelling in from 115 countries around the world.

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Despite China’s failure to recover in Q3 2022, global cellular IoT module market still grows, says Counterpoint Research

Global cellular Internet of Things (IoT) module shipments grew by only 2% YoY in Q3 2022, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s global cellular IoT module and chipset tracker by application. China led the market followed by North America and Europe. China’s shipments decreased 8% YoY in this quarter due to a resurgence of COVID-19

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Europe’s IoT industry doubles down to make the mass market a reality

Europe is an early adopter of IoT and sustained, planned investment by enterprises will ensure it keeps its position as the third largest IoT market behind China and North America as the decade continues, in spite of the challenges of war and disease, writes George Malim. 

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Berg Insight says global cellular IoT connections grew 22% to reach 2.1bn in 2021

Gothenburg, Sweden. 15 July 2022 – A new report from the IoT market research firm Berg Insight says that the global number of cellular IoT subscribers increased by 22% during 2021 to reach 2.1 billion. The major regional markets China, Western Europe and North America grew similarly during the year as the world recovered from

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Huawei, Haier, and China Mobile announce 5G implementation for smart manufacturing

Qingdao, China. 15 November , 2021 – With support from Huawei and China Mobile, Haier, China’s consumer electronics and home appliance producer, successfully applied innovative manufacturing solutions combining 5G and mobile edge computing in its smart factories. The three announced the breakthroughs in Qingdao, China.

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Berg Insight says global cellular IoT connections grew 12% to reach 1.7 billion in 2020

A new report from the IoT market research firm Berg Insight says that the global number of cellular IoT subscribers increased by 12% during 2020 to reach 1.74 billion.

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6G to consider society’s needs: A voice from NGMN MNOs across the world

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) alliance published its first 6G White Paper “6G Drivers and Vision”. While various views have already been shared by many organisations in industry and academia, says Quan Zhao, one of the three NGMN 6G project co-leads, and a senior member of technical staff in the Future Mobile Technology Lab, China Mobile.

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ZPMC, Vodafone, China Mobile and Huawei jointly release 5G Smart Port White Paper

At 2019 Globe Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF 2019), Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC), Vodafone, China Mobile and Huawei jointly release 5G Smart Port White Paper.

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NGMN gathers global operators for briefing on industry use cases building on 5G

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance brought together several global operators to showcase 5G use cases beyond mobile broadband at its press and industry briefing at Mobile World Congress.

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Clear vision and shared goals key to digital transformation but operator optimism falls, says research

At its Digital Transformation World event, held in Nice, TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, has warned that clear,

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Vodafone joins forces with China Mobile in Internet of Things partnership

Two of the biggest global players in the Internet of Things (IoT) Vodafone and China Mobile have joined forces to resell each other’s services for the first time. Under a new agreement each company will share new IoT project opportunities.

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China Mobile partners with EXFO to conduct verification tests on its network for IoT

China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) has successfully concluded a performance verification test for the core networks from 4 major vendors, with support from EXFO Inc. The Canada-based network test, monitoring and analytics experts, confirmed whether these NFV-based networks can individually support 5 million narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) devices.

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Ericsson 5G Radio Dot aims to boost indoor coverage

With mobile data traffic surging by eight times and 1 billion 5G subscriptions expected by the end of 2023, mobile operators must meet consumer and enterprise demand for applications such as 4K/8K video streaming, virtual reality/augmented reality, and immersive media.

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China Mobile selects Spirent for mobile core network validation

Spirent Communications, the in mobility infrastructure testing, announced that China Mobile has selected Spirent’s Landslide test platform to accelerate validation of mobile core network functions. Landslide will execute key validation tests used by China Mobile

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Qualcomm, ZTE and China Mobile claim world’s first end-to-end 5G NR interoperable system based on 3GPP standard

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, ZTE, and China Mobile announced that they have successfully achieved the world’s first end-to-end 5G NR Interoperability Data Testing (IoDT) system demonstrating a data connection based on 3GPP R15 standard.

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