TECHNOLOGY
“ WE ARE WITNESSING THE FIRST WAVE OF INDUSTRY 4.0 PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA ”
MARCELO ENTRECONTI HEAD OF ENTERPRISE FOR LATIN AMERICA , NOKIA to accelerate digital transformation at the latter ’ s Minera Centinela operations in Chile , which are located approximately 1,350km north of Santiago .
Nokia ’ s industrial-grade private wireless network will provide reliable , high-capacity and low latency connectivity for sensors and vehicles at the Centinela mine .
Private 4.9G / LTE network , deployed within four months , will support operations — including an autonomous fleet of trucks — as part of a five-year digitalisation plan .
Nokia designed and deployed the industrial-grade private 4.9G / LTE solution , including Nokia AirScale radio equipment , mobile packet core , IP / MPLS service aggregation routers , and Wavence microwave transmission .
Gino Ivani , Technology Manager for Antofagasta Minerals , believes it is transforming the nature of mining operations . miningdigital . com 103