NTT Docomo Business launches IOWN APN remote mining operations study with Chile’s Codelco

PUBT · 2d ago
NTT Docomo Business launches IOWN APN remote mining operations study with Chile’s Codelco
  • NTT Inc. unit NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS launched a study and proof of concept with Chile’s CODELCO on remote copper mine operations.
  • Project will use an IOWN All-Photonics Network to link El Teniente mine with a remote operations center about 1,500 km away.
  • Work will test feasibility of remotely operating heavy machinery, improving high-definition video monitoring, evaluating network designs for fewer operations centers.
  • Initiative is part of a Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications research project on overseas APN deployment in Chile.
  • NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS plans to work with NTT Inc. to scale IOWN use cases across the group, including mining and energy.


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