Bell providing mining facility with private network to improve operations

Bell announced Tuesday that it has partnered with MacLean, a manufacturer of underground mining equipment, to install a private mobile network (PMN) utilizing the telco’s 5G/LTE network at the company’s research and training facility in Sudbury, Ontario. The partnership is expected to provide enhanced safety, sustainable driving practices and reduced vehicle emissions, as well as accelerate research and development on mining vehicle automation, autonomy and interoperability. “This Centre of Excellence serves as the foundation for MacLean's mobile equipment research and development,” Bell said in a press release. “It enables the company's mining vehicles to be more dependably controlled remotely, with...