Manufacturing 4.0: Opportunities for the telecom industry

May 2022 | 76 pages | ID: M02F0EEB0D3EEN
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Abstracts

This report analyses the adoption of manufacturing 4.0 solutions in the industry.

• It presents the underlying networking technologies needed to attain the goals of smart manufacturing.
• The key use cases are also described in detail.
• It also analyses the regulation of the spectrum allocation, especially for private networks devoted to industrials.
• The strategies of the key players – solution providers, equipment vendors, MNOs and industrials – are examined.
• It reviews the main drivers and barriers to manufacturing 4.0 market development.
• In conclusion, it presents forecasts in volume in terms of use cases, and a technology breakdown.

Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. USE CASES DESCRIPTION

Collaborative Robots in Manufacturing (Cobots)
Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
Forklift trucks
Asset tracking
Tags and Beacons

3. ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES

Synthesis of key networking technologies
Technical chain of IoT
Technologies designed for IoT
Wired technologies
Short range standardized technologies
Satellite technologies
Low earth orbit’s compatibility with IoT
Complementary Wi-Fi technologies 5/6 & HaLow
Cellular technologies
LPWAN – Focus on the energy-oriented technology
5G – Focus on the upcoming driver

4. ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS

Solution providers
Collaborative Robots Ecosystem
  Case study: Universal Robots
Automatic Guided Vehicles Ecosystem
  Case study: MaxAGV
Asset Tracking Ecosystem
  Case study: Uwinloc
Telecom equipment vendors
  Case studies: Ericsson – Nokia
Telecom operators
  Case studies: AT&T – Vodafone
Industrials
  Case studies: Bosch – Fujitsu – Siemens

5. MARKET DEVELOPMENT

Market dynamics
Government initiatives
  Focus on China
Market sizing