MANAGEMENT

Connectivity in the long term

Over the last few months, Nokia has been featured on our pages for its collaborations with mining OEMs on projects using long-term evolution (LTE) technology. This is not surprising as the overall rate of adoption of LTE within the mining industry has started to accelerate in recent years, particularly with the rise of remote-controlled and autonomous equipment

"LTE is a good future-proof technology, but with a software update you can start using 5G with the same hardware," says Nokia's Jaime Laguna

"LTE is a good future-proof technology, but with a software update you can start using 5G with the same hardware," says Nokia's Jaime Laguna

Nokia deployed its first LTE system for a mine back in 2013-14. This was for one of the major players in Australia, and since then more majors have been looking into the technology. In fact, the telecoms...

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