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  • Ericsson Yahsat Al Yah Satellite Communications Company Industry 4.0 5G networks

    Ericsson partners with satellite provider

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Swedish telecom company Ericsson Nov. 25 announced a global agreement with Yahsat, the United Arab Emirates' flagship satellite solutions provider, to deliver private network, data, and internet connectivity services across the oil and gas, mining, and ports industries. Yahsat, or the Al Yah Satellite Company PJSC, is a public company that offers multi-mission satellite services in more than 150 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, Asia, and...

  • Nokia AngloGold Ashanti Colombia 5G underground network industrial-grade

    Nokia underground 5G connectivity pilot

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Nokia and AngloGold Ashanti Colombia Sept. 23 announced they are testing the potential for safe, sustainable, and efficient deployment of a 5G standalone industrial-grade network in a challenging underground mine environment in Jerico, Columbia. Four mining use cases were tested as part of this trial carried out in collaboration with Epiroc, Sandvik, Tigo, and OSC Top Solutions – mission-critical communications; connectivity and remote teleoperation of vehicles; mining machine...

  • ArcelorMittal Ericsson 5G telecommunications Digital Lab Dunkirk France

    ArcelorMittal picks Ericsson for 5G in France

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Telecom giant Ericsson announced July 6 that it was selected by ArcelorMittal to provide 5G connectivity at its recently inaugurated Digital Lab in Dunkirk, France, the first of its kind. The lab will pool together other manufacturers, start-ups, universities, and local digital competitors to bring the best of digital innovation to the steel and mining industries. Through the animation of the digital ecosystem, this lab is designed to accelerate the digital transformation of...

  • FTP Solutions Kinetic Mesh Rajant Corp. Integrated Management System

    IMS, a complete mining network platform

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Leading network management system supplier FTP Solutions and Kinetic Mesh wireless network provider Rajant Corp. have collaborated to implement FTP's Integrated Management System, a complete platform for visualizing, tracking, and categorizing data from virtually everything and anything at a mine. Australia-based FTP Solutions has partnered with industry leaders such as Caterpillar and Komatsu to deliver future-proof end-to-end technology-based products, services, and guidance...

  • Nokia Claro Chile Salares Norte gold mine Gold Fields Minera LTE 4.9G network

    Nokia and Claro deploy Chilean network

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Nokia April 22 announced the deployment of a private LTE/4.9G wireless network for Minera Gold Fields, partnering with Claro Chile to equip the Salares Norte mine and transform the Chile-based operation into one of the most digitalized mines in Latin America. As part of its wireless solution, Nokia is providing a complete retrofit that includes AirScale radio, small cells, packet core, IP routers and NetAct network management system. In total, the network will connect 150...

  • Underground mining internet of thing IoT ventilation devices

    Maestro launches mine IoT monitoring tool

    A.J. Roan, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Canada-based Maestro Digital Mine launches MaestroLink, a server software tool for managing health conditions for all Maestro-based digital industrial internet of things devices and networks for the underground mining sector. "Maestro is known for its industrial internet of things devices used for ventilation monitoring and controls as well as last mile digital networks for the underground mining sector," said Maestro Digital Mine President and CEO Michael Gribbons. Maestro...

  • Speedcast industrial communication solutions remote mining operations

    Communications solution for remote mines

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Speedcast International Ltd., a global leader in communications and IT services, Sept. 29 announced a long-term agreement with Nokia to deploy its industrial-grade private wireless solutions globally via the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud. This collaboration offers industrial-grade communication solutions to remote mining operations requiring high-bandwidth and low latency for critical applications. Nokia's 5G-ready Digital Automation Platform provides high-bandwidth private...

  • Usibelli Coal Mine Alaska installs Fluidmesh network solutions connect cameras

    Cisco expands IoT with Fluidmesh buyout

    A.J. Roan, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Global technology supplier Cisco Systems Inc. proceeds with acquisition of Fluidmesh Networks to develop their wireless Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio. Beginning with a collaborative project in 2016 where Cisco and Fluidmesh sought to improve Wi-Fi connectivity on high-speed trains, the partnership has become an integration. Fluidmesh Networks, founded in 2005 by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Polytechnic University of Milan,...