Vodafone, the first hybrid 5G private network is with Porsche Engineering- Corriere.it

A total of seven hundred hectares for over 20 high-performance automotive test tracks. This is the context in which the first European hybrid 5G private network (Mobile Private Network) was created by Vodafone Business and Porsche Engineering for the Nardò Technical Center in Puglia.

It is a “tailor-made” infrastructure created specifically for the center where the German car manufacturer tests its own cars and those of other car manufacturers, with the aim of making ultra-fast 5G connectivity available to allow exchange in real time of the data transmitted from the cars to the Porsche research centers, connecting directly and faster also to the cloud, thus allowing a greater capacity for online collaboration on a global level and more efficiency in the field of data-driven engineering. The infrastructure will then also allow the centre’s customers to develop and testing of a wide range of technological applications for the mobility of the futuresuch as vehicle connectivity, advanced assisted driving and autonomous driving systems.

As Vinod Kumar, CEO of Vodafone Business pointed out, “5G private mobile networks can act as a stepping stone for companies, allowing them to evolve the business model. In Nardò, technology mobile private networks allows you to create a structure that looks like a real one smart city, with seamless coverage on and off the loop for the next generation of applications that will transform transportation and mobility.” Applications that go beyond mobility and that also see the manufacturing industry as protagonists: the Mpn technology, precisely because it is “tailored”, makes it possible to collect data in real time on the activity of the production plants, making their work more precise, faster and efficient. But among the applications of Mpn technology there is also the one that involved the Athens port of Piraeus which saw the creation of an ad hoc designed infrastructure which made it possible to optimize and improve the organization of the port making the environment safer work.