China Mobile and Ericsson deliver successful trial of world's first cellular IoT-based 'connected factory'
China Mobile and Ericsson share outcomes of its ongoing connected factory trial using cellular IoT for Industry 4.0 working with Intel. The trial, featuring a connected screwdriver among other tools, took place at Ericsson Panda Communication Company (a radio product manufacturing site and an independent subsidiary of Ericsson) in Nanjing. The outcomes of the trial are highlighted in a demonstration at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona. Several low power, wide area (LPWA) use cases are currently being implemented in the factory, such as production line monitoring,