DT launches 5G-ready factory campus network

At a press conference, a live broadcast was shown of an autonomous transport robot carrying material on the shop floor, controlled by an LTE network at light manufacturing company Osram’s factory in Germany.

"With our campus networks, we are delivering a new solution for our industrial customers. Based on LTE, we can already realise many applications," said Claudia Nemat, Deutsche Telekom board member for technology and innovation. "In the future, these 5G networks will be even more powerful and flexible."

"With our campus networks, we are delivering a new solution for our industrial customers. Based on LTE, we can already realise many applications," said Claudia Nemat, Deutsche Telekom board member for technology and innovation. "In the future, these 5G networks will be even more powerful and flexible."

Stefan Fritz, VP Digital Factory at Osram, added: “Our goal is the ‘smart factory’ where all machines and planning processes are connected digitally and in real-time. With the Campus solution, we have created an infrastructure in our plant in Schwabmünchen that allows us to implement this efficiently and flexibly for future and existing production.”

A campus network is a mobile network for a defined area and for specific applications, tailored to the needs of business customers and their specific use cases. The operator said they meet the requirements of Industry 4.0.

The operator also said gamers will benefit from 5G’s low network latency and high data rate. It is showcasing “the world's first edge-enhanced mixed reality multiplayer experience” at the event.

The game is called Codename: Neon and was made by Pokemon Go creator Niantic and edge computing company MobiledgeX.