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The adoption of private 5G networks is gaining traction around the world as regulators allocate more spectrum to enterprises so they can build and maintain their own private 5G networks — these are networks that don't share traffic with other cellular networks in the vicinity. This is a game-changer for enterprises, specifically for manufacturers who require 5G capabilities to implement the transformative applications that drive smart factories, digital transformation and the internet of things (IoT).
Over the past few years, there has been a lot of hype around 5G and its ability to deliver lightning-fast connectivity to consumers. The promises of 5G are impressive and include vast bandwidth, high data rates (1-20 Gbit/s), ultra-low latency (1 ms), high security, reliability and scalability to accommodate the enormous volumes of IoT-connected sensors and devices. Yet, the global rollouts of public 5G are still in nascent stages and years away from mainstream adoption. On the other hand, private licensed 5G networks are here today, and they're helping manufacturers realize the vision of the factory of the future.
The concept of private mobile networks is not new; it began with the use of 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) Wi-Fi technology. The primary advantages of WiFi include low cost and good device availability. However, the current 4G wireless technology and its standards do not support the levels of reliability, speed and communication coverage needed for smart manufacturing (also known as Industry 4.0). These challenges have stalled the next industrial revolution, but that's all changing now that regulators have opened spectrum for enterprise private 5G.
To build a private 5G network, enterprises need to purchase spectrum from the government, mobile network operators (MNOs) or third-party spectrum providers, obtain 5G equipment (i.e., base stations, mini-towers, small cells) from network infrastructure providers and connect this equipment to edge devices (smartphones, embedded modules, routers, gateways, etc).
But the complexity of 5G also introduces challenges: First, the devices must be operational on the wireless spectrum used by the private network. Second, deep integration of the 5G equipment, devices and its applications is needed. This will emphasize the role of partners and systems integrators. Enterprises should look for those that have rich experience in 5G networks and technologies to make it easier to build a dedicated private 5G network, but they should be wary of vendor lock-in. There are also regulatory requirements and spectrum availability issues that must be addressed.
Even with these challenges, a private 5G network is the clear choice for businesses that require ultra-low latency, reliability and the need to support thousands of devices. A private 5G network is a wireless local area network (LAN) that uses 5G-enabled technologies to create a network with dedicated bandwidth and infrastructure that meets a company's specific connectivity needs. 5G is capable of transmitting speeds up to 100 times faster than 4G LTE. Private 5G is the next generation of mobile networks, which aims to address mission-critical wireless communication requirements in public safety, industrial operations and critical infrastructure. The newly released 3GPP standard for 5G networks supports the business-critical communication requirement of the industrial world.
Private 5G networks offer compelling and irresistible benefits to manufacturers because 5G-enabled technologies are the foundation of smart manufacturing and smart factories. This includes advanced technologies where private 5G networks are essential, such as collaborative mobile robots , self-driving machines, swarm intelligence , automatic guided vehicles ( AGVs ), augmented reality (AR) predictive maintenance , AR/VR headsets, digital twins , etc.
To emphasize the transformative power of these technologies, let's look at the extraordinary role robot swarms and swarm intelligence can play within a 5G factory. As I mentioned in my last article , swarm intelligence is the collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems that can maneuver rapidly, collaborate and function as a homogeneous group. A robot swarm of potentially millions of independent, self-sustaining boids can coalesce on a single decision. When applied to a smart factory, they can maneuver into and around places that are impossible for humans to reach and converge on decisions to perform tasks, such as the delivery of raw materials just in time.
Another tremendous benefit 5G brings to manufacturers is the ability to build a factory without wires or cables — a costly and time-consuming endeavor that also impedes mobility within the factory and hinders robot and device configuration. With a private 5G network, smart factories can implement artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) applications rapidly without disrupting the production line and supply chain. For these reasons, private 5G networks have quickly found a place in the industrial world.
Industry leaders including Bosch , Ford , Fujitsu and General Motors (to name a few) are banking heavily on private 5G to future-proof their plants to remain competitive. Their successes will catapult entire industries into the next digital era.
For mainstream businesses, this is a watch and learn moment. As more spectrum becomes available, more devices are connected and the 5G ecosystem matures, deployment costs will drop and more advanced technologies will emerge, making private 5G networks an increasingly desirable choice for smaller manufacturers and businesses of all sizes. Enterprises with their eyes on what's happening now with private 5G in the industrial world will hold the playbook to harness these advanced enabling technologies to build the enterprise of the future.
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You might be surprised how much Google’s email service – and others – know about you. Here’s how to set some boundaries
M ost people are aware of the cookies that track them across the web, and the privacy-invading practices of Google search, but did you know Google’s email service, Gmail, collects large amounts of data too?
This was recently put into stark focus for iPhone users when Gmail published its app “privacy label” – a self-declared breakdown of the data it collects and shares with advertisers as part of a new stipulation on the Apple App Store.
According to the label, those that grant the appropriate permission to the iOS Gmail app can expect Google to share information including their approximate location, user ID – an identifier used to anonymously track them – and data about the ads they have viewed online with advertisers. More data is used for analytics – in Google’s words, “to build better services” – including purchase history, location, email address, photos and search history.
Gmail is by far the most popular email service, with more than 1.5 billion active users, compared with 400 million using Microsoft Outlook and 225 million signed up to Yahoo Mail.
Although Google stopped scanning email content to tailor ads in 2017, last year the company started showing shopping ads in Gmail. And it still scans emails to facilitate so-called smart features such as the ability to add holiday bookings or deliveries straight to your calendar, or to autocomplete suggestions.
Every way you interact with your Gmail account can be monitored, such as the dates and times you email at, who you are talking to, and topics you choose to email about, says Rowenna Fielding, founder of privacy consultancy Miss IG Geek.
Much of the information collected by Gmail and shared with advertisers is metadata – data about data. But if you carry cookies from other Google services, your activity can be correlated or “fingerprinted” from associated products such as Google Maps and YouTube. “Gmail becomes a window into your entire online life because of how wide and deep their surveillance architecture goes,” Fielding says. “Practically everything you do online will feed back to Google.”
Google claims none of the data collected from scanning emails for purchase information, delivery tracking numbers and flight bookings is used for advertising, but as Andy Yen, founder and CEO of secure email service ProtonMail says: “It remains a fact that Google keeps a record of these events and logs them regardless.”
Part of the problem is a lack of regulatory enforcement around email data collection and tracking. Most people are becoming aware of tracking as they visit websites due to regulation such as the EU’s ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
“People are aware of cookies because of privacy and data protection law – which states that planting trackers on your device requires your consent, and you have the right to be told about what is happening to your data,” says Fielding. “In Europe, those protections cover email tracking as well, but there hasn’t been much enforcement in this area.”
Other mainstream email providers aren’t much more private. Like Gmail, Microsoft’s Outlook is embedded in the firm’s ecosystem and integrated with its other services. “Any mainstream, consumer-level account is only free in that you don’t pay it with money, but with data,” Fielding says. “Microsoft says it doesn’t look at the content of emails in Outlook to serve you ads, but it is open about collecting and using metadata about user activity across all of its services for advertising.”
Gmail is also the most hefty data collector, says Yen. He says the iOS privacy labels illustrate the “stark difference” in approach to data collection between the Gmail app and other email providers. “Outlook and Yahoo gather far more than they need, but even they don’t go as far as Gmail by collecting location data and purchase history.”
It’s often said by privacy experts that if you don’t pay for the product, you are the product, and when it comes to Google this is “undeniably the case”, says Yen. “Google’s business model is based on monetising the data it gathers from users, predominantly to sell it to Google’s real customers – advertisers… Gmail forms one part of that data-gathering infrastructure.”
Yet while it’s true that Google is absorbing your data, Jon Callas, director of technology projects at the US-based privacy advocate Electronic Frontier Foundation, says the most invasive tracking comes via email marketers, not the service providers. “Here, since Google is one of the world’s biggest advertising companies, it is intimately involved no matter what email service you use.”
These types of emails – from businesses offering products and services – can be monitored by the sender, whether you knowingly signed up or not. Data sent back to email marketers includes whether you’ve opened the email, how long for, and which links you’ve clicked on.
Callas explains: “When you load pictures remotely, the people who sent the email learn that you read the message, the time you read it, and an approximation of where you are via your network address.”
Often these “pictures” consist of a single pixel and are invisible to the naked eye. Callas says the best way to protect yourself against this stealthy type of tracking is to set your email so it does not load pictures or remote content by default.
The other problem with Gmail and services like it, according to privacy advocates, is a lack of end-to-end encryption. This gold-standard level of security protection, used by secure
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