New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Friday (July 15) announced the successful trial of 5G private network at Bosch Automotive Electronics India facility in Bengaluru. According to a statement, Airtel’s on-premises 5G captive private network was built on trial spectrum allotted by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Airtel has deployed India’s first private 5G network at Bosch facility.
“This trial successfully demonstrates Airtel’s ability to deliver high quality private network solutions for Industry 4.0,” it added. (Also read: Shocking! Domino’s chef beaten up in Mumbai for not serving Golden Corn Pizza)
Airtel has implemented two industrial grade use cases for quality improvement and operational efficiency at Bosch’s manufacturing facility using the trial spectrum. (Also read: Shares bounce after 4 days of fall; FMCG, auto stocks shine)
In both cases, 5G technology such as mobile broadband and ultra-reliable low latency communications accelerated automated operations and reduced downtime, the statement said.
Private networks installed on trial spectrum at the Bosch facility provide multi-Gbps (gigabits per second) throughput, as well as the ability to handle thousands of connected devices.