Page 60 Mining companies around the world are moving ahead with complete digi tal mine transformation to improve operations efciency predictability production volume and safety Al though driven by business and safe ty and regulatory needs this digital transformation is achieved by deploy ing more techn ology in all the places people and machines operate W ith new technologies involved and their associated applications the people and machines using them must be connected at all times especially for mobility in and around the mine Regardless of the brand of equipment used or the resources extracted new safety and efciency applications re quire alwayson and mobile connec tivity everywhere whether in the pit on the surface or under ground For a decade now mining companies have made due with fxed or nomadic con nectivity by leveraging W iFi for data and LMR for mobile voice The big mine application players such as CA T MineStar Komatsu Modular and Hitachi W enco as well smaller dispatchmine management systems suppliers are driving transformation delivery The new features and ca pabilities being developed for these mine transformation applications need true realtime mobility networks such as L TE Cisco the most estab lished network company in mining is also recognizing the signifcant value a full standardsbased Private Indus trial L TE network brings to a mine to enable the full mobility required for digital transformation Although building a ftfor purpose Private Industrial L TE network for surface or under ground mining is still about standardsbased 3GPP 4G L TE it comes with signifcantly diferent sets of needs and requireme nts ver sus building a public commer cial L TE network in the city The requirements challenges needs reality scope size capacity use cases and user trafc patterns are very diferent in the min ing environment Enter Redline Communica tions a manufacturer of ftfor purpose in dustrial broadband wireless solution with a decade of innovation in the mining world Redline s new 3GPP 4G Private Industrial L TE solution was designed from the ground up to be ftfor purpose for the industrial space Regardl ess of the digital trans formation application used in the mine you will likely need to deploy a Private Industrial L TE network Red line delivers a complete Private In dustrial L TE solution from the EPC Core to the EURAN radio system the Industrial User Devices SIM card program L TE PushtoT alk PTT so lution as well as the LMR gateway These technologies are complex and new to the mining world as well as the mine s local LMR and broadband communication reseller or installer T o ensure success Redline comes to the table with a full suite of Advanced Services to help mining companies and their favorite local contractor integrator andor reseller Redline s full suite of Advanced Services spans from FEED Front End Engineering and Design architecture design ISIT OT LMR network integration User Equipment recommendation SIM Card programs complete project management deployment engineer ing best practices methodologies and documentation Redline is an ISNet world HSE member and certifed company W e are fully accountable and ofer these products and services while leveragin g incountry partners to ensure successful planning design deployment operations and support of these Private L TE Networks Page 58 Private Industrial L TE Mobility Enabling Digital T ransformation in Mining By Louis Lambert VP Marketing Business Development