Following the recent announcement that Nokia and AT&T Mexico have deployed what they call the first industrial-grade LTE private network in a maritime terminal in the country, there’s been another private network announcement in Latin America – this time in Brazil and using 5G.

Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate Nestlé has deployed the first private 5G network in Latin America using the Ericsson Private 5G (EP5G) solution. This is described as the region’s first private 5G standalone network with a 100% on-premises network architecture, operating completely separately from the public mobile network.

It’s a collaboration between Nestlé, Ericsson and service providers Claro and Embratel, one that signals the move away from an automated to autonomous factory, although the precise deployment location or locations do not seem to have been announced yet.

The EP5G solution enables fast data processing – network data transfer speeds up to 25 times higher than 4G – and is particularly suited to supporting business-critical applications that require ultra-short response times in the millisecond range.

5G’s high data throughput and low latency will make a significant difference to Nestlé’s industrial environment by transforming its ways of working – further building on the company’s smart factory focus, and enhancing productivity, efficiency and workplace safety. The project utilizes frequencies licensed for experimental use by Claro.

The past few years has seen Nestlé take advantage of emerging technologies, such as robotics, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual reality and the operation of self-driving vehicles.

Ericsson says that, with the private 5G standalone network in place, Nestlé’s entire digital ecosystem will become even more reliable and comprehensive, enabling new innovative use cases.

The private and closed cellular network will also strengthen network security, with sensitive data remaining exclusively on the factory’s local network.

Tampnet Carrier has officially launched a new express fiber route between the Nordic region and western Europe. By leveraging its unique subsea footprint, the company has developed a uniquely diverse, low latency route between Stockholm and Amsterdam, something they talked about in this interview here on Telecom Ramblings last year. … [visit site to read more]

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Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has had a busy week in which it has announced a satcoms deal with Eutelsat Communications for its Liquid Intelligent Technologies business and a partnership with AWS for its Liquid Cloud division.

With Eutelsat, Liquid has signed a multi-year, multi-beam agreement for capacity on the Eutelsat Konnect satellite to address the connectivity needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and small office / home office (SOHO) customers in Uganda, South Sudan and the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Under the agreement, Liquid will leverage capacity on the Eutelsat Konnect satellite to increase its portfolio with affordable internet services in territories underserved by terrestrial networks.

Liquid already uses Ku-band capacity on Eutelsat’s Eutelsat 7B satellite for VSAT services in sub-Saharan Africa under a long-term contract that was renewed and expanded in 2021.

Liquid will also host the first Eutelsat Konnect ground gateway in sub-Saharan Africa. Located in Krugersdorp, South Africa, the gateway will help Eutelsat expand local coverage and secure and create new business opportunities by offering enhanced broadband service performance.

Liquid Cloud, meanwhile, has announced that it has been approved by Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Direct Connect Delivery Partner. It is one of only four partners in Africa to secure this achievement.

This partnership will bring significant benefits to Liquid Cloud’s multinational and large enterprise customers as, through AWS Direct Connect, customers can connect to the AWS cloud, bypassing the public internet via a dedicated connection.

In addition to Liquid Cloud customers having access to a range of services which already include Microsoft and Oracle, they will also, says Cassava, experience a more consistent, reliable and stable performance.

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The Irish wholesale provider Enet says it will be investing more than €50m in its fiber reach. That’s in addition to the investments they’ve already completed within their Dublin metro network. The buildouts are planned to take place over the next 5 years. … [visit site to read more]

IBM has partnered with Bharti Airtel to help deploy the operator’s edge computing platform in India, which will include 120 network data centres across 20 cities.

Airtel’s edge computing platform is deployed as a hybrid environment based on IBM Cloud Satellite and Red Hat OpenShift. With a focus on delivering secured and open cloud services at the edge of the network, the platform is aimed at helping businesses improve performance and customer experience by reducing latency while addressing data security and sovereignty requirements.

The business value delivered by edge computing can be significantly enhanced when combined with 5G. In India, where 5G is expected to be rolled out later this year, it has the potential to create a cumulative economic impact of $1 trillion by 20351.

Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, CEO of Enterprise at Airtel Business, said: “As India gears up to experience 5G, we see a massive opportunity to help businesses across industries transform how they deliver goods and services. We have the largest network of edge data centres available in India under the Nxtra brand and we will leverage our work with IBM to help Indian businesses address their critical business needs with greater efficiency, making it significantly easier for companies to process workloads where their data resides.”

Harnessing Airtel’s 5G connectivity and highly secured edge computing capabilities from IBM can enable enterprises to deploy and manage workloads in near-real time. Industries including telecommunications, financial services, healthcare and government can benefit from reduced latency, high availability and increased connectivity speeds.

“As businesses – particularly those in regulated industries – work to modernise their infrastructures, they need to be able to do so in a way that enables them to stay compliant, without becoming overburdened by their compliance obligations – regardless of where their data resides,” said Howard Boville, Head of IBM Cloud Platform.