UScellular (NYSE: USM) and Rockwell Automation, a provider of industrial automation and digital transformation technologies, announced a joint effort to build the Connected Enterprise Lab at Rockwell Automations’ Mayfield Heights, OH location. This collaboration, using small cell and DAS systems, hopes to deliver the latest private cellular network technology allowing Rockwell Automation customers to interact and experiment with a 5G network in an innovative digital lab experience.
“The future of Industry 4.0 and supply chain management will increasingly involve digital technologies and solutions designed to transform the manufacturing industry by providing an integrated experience between public and private cellular networks,” said Kim Kerr, senior vice president, enterprise sales and operations for UScellular.
The collaboration, according to UScellular, is an effort to seamlessly drive the operations on the plant or manufacturing floor and allow communication, monitoring, and control of complex automated processes such as conveyors, temperature control, robot cells, and other industrial machines.
“Together, we’re not just addressing current market needs but delivering a best-of-both-worlds technology landscape that will shape the future of Industrial & IoT Networking,” said Dan DeYoung, Global Vice President Product Management and PMO, Rockwell Automation.
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