Leading telecom operator, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) announced its partnership with Athonet, a private LTE and 5G solutions platform provider, to test 5G-based solutions to build Industry 4.0. The partnership with Athonet includes demonstration of enterprise use cases on 5G in several areas including smart construction, smart warehouse, smart agriculture and smart workplace.
This collaboration will validate industrial use cases demonstrating high reliability, critical monitoring and control applications in primary product industries like construction, railways, warehouse, factories, etc. The trials will be conducted on 5G spectrum allocated by Department of Telecom, Government of India for establishing relevant use cases for India.
Integrated IoT Solutions by Vi Business provides comprehensive range of IoT solutions across Industries for – Smart Infrastructure, Smart Mobility and Smart Utilities, on its 5G-ready network. Vi has deployed its 5G trial in a setup of end-to-end captive network of Cloud Core, new generation Transport and Radio Access Network, in Pune city. In its initial test results, Vi has achieved peak speed in excess of 3.7 Gbps with very low latency. Smart city and Industry 4.0 will help accelerate 5G deployment and usher in a promising new era of Digital India.