Mike Owen for Private Wireless PRO TIPS

Speaker: Mike Owen, Chief Technology Officer, Bearcom

Mike Owen: Hi, my name is Mike Owen, Chief Technology Officer here at Becom. What are 5 indicators your enterprise customer is a good fit for a private cellular network? When you think about that question, think about the benefits of a private cellular network over a public network or even a different wireless technology such as Wi Fi at solving your customers' needs. One of the ones that comes up a lot with customers is security. They need their data in that network to be secure. A private cellular network by its nature is a secure network. Think about it. It's a private network. It's keeping their data encapsulated within that customer's network. The RF technology that that's used for access into that network is based on the 3GPP standard, which was developed based on high security. Customers control who has access into that network. They have the ability to remove people or add people as they need based on the SIM cards that, that get put into the network. They control the data in the network. So if your customer's gonna need, you know, maybe a regulatory compliance need for a high secure network, or just by the nature of their business or operations, they want their data secure, a public, a public cellular network is really beneficial for them. Another indicator is if they've got a large scale operation, or even a large scale operation that has a complex RF environment, those are really good. Areas for the customer to deploy a private cellular network. When I think about a large scale operation, think about like a college campus. I have a large area, multiple buildings. I have indoor, outdoor coverage that I need to do. It's a very large area that I need to provide coverage. Private cellular networks perfect for that. When you think about in a large manufacturing or warehousing, you got a complex RF environment. Private cellular networks operate great in those type of environments. They're designed for that. They provide the coverage they need. Even beyond that, they provide the benefits of mobility. You know, if you have robots that are running throughout the plants, you've got to go from indoor to outdoor. You can have that seamless coverage all the way through. Your customer needs a high-speed, highly reliable, low latency. Uh, network Again, really beneficial to deploy a private cellular network. These networks are designed to provide high-speed low latency. So if you have critical operations such as robotics, such as other areas where you need reliable communication, you need on-time communications, you need that high speed, that low latency. That's what private cellular networks are designed for, to provide that for your customers. So if your customers like running robotics, maybe they're streaming video, maybe they're doing any type of operation where they need that always on, always connected demand from their network. A private cellular network can provide that. Another great area is if they're geographically challenged. If it's a remote area where there's just no public carrier to cover that area. Private cellular network's perfect for that. They can build their own data network to cover that and coverage a large area. Where is this beneficial? So you're doing mining, so you're doing those areas where you need to cover a large footprint. Where it's just not capable, you know, it's just not economical to try and run a lot of transmission lines or try to run a lot of fiber throughout that area to provide connectivity. Private cellular network provide a higher area of coverage, you know, at a very low and minimal cost. The last one I'll touch on is really when it comes to the world of IoT. If I have a network that needs to provide high-density coverage, I have hundreds of devices that I need connected into that network to provide them the ability to get onto that network. Private cellular networks are are ideal for this. They're designed to, to be able to connect hundreds of devices into that network to provide that density of coverage that gets more and more challenging with other type of, of wireless type of networks. So when you think about it, You know, you got security, complex environments, low latency, can cover geographically challenging areas and provide high density for your customer. When your customers looking to solve those types of problems, a private cellular network is perfect for that. Thank you. Have a great day.