Coal Minister inaugurates ‘5G Use Case Test Lab’ at CMPDI, Ranchi.

Coal Minister, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, inaugurated the ‘5G Use Case Test Lab’ at the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) in Ranchi. This cutting-edge facility, is aimed at advancing the coal sector’s Digital Transformation and technological landscape. 5G Use Case Test Lab serves as a testbed for the development, testing and adaptation of various 5G-based applications, tailored to meet the needs of the coal industry.

The Ministry of Coal nominated CMPDI as the Centre of Excellence (COE) for establishing a 5G Use Case Test lab to help the Coal Industry effectively leverage 5G technology.

The 5G Use Case Lab established by CMPDI is a lab-scale representation of an Industry 5G Private Network, specifically designed to support the coal mining industry.

This lab will serve as a testing and development hub for integrating 5G Radio and Core technologies with 5G-enabled devices and with Edge/Cloud Enterprise IT/OT applications and equipment. 5G Use case lab for coal industry will become a key pillar supporting industry for projects and digital transformation journeys in coal industry.

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Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Shri Vikram Dev Dutt; Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Smt Vismita Tej; Chairman, Coal India Limited (CIL), Shri P.M. Prasad; CMD, CMPDI, Shri Manoj Kumar; CMD, Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), Shri Nilendu Kumar Singh; CMD, Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL), Sri Satish Jha and other senior officers and dignitaries attended the inauguration ceremony.

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