Qualcomm, V.tal, Brisanet, Juganu, Airspan, Padtec, Trópico and Motorola come together to demonstrate the solution at the Mayor’s Office, which, supported by ABDI’s Conecta 5G program, will have innovative services focused on smart cities.
Campina Grande, October 14, 2022 – At the initiative of the Office of Science, Technology and Innovation of the City of Campina Grande (PB), a group of technology and telecom companies installed a smart light fixture in the city, with a series of solutions and services incorporated. The goal is to make a public demonstration about the impact of new technologies, such as 5G and IoT (internet of things) on people’s daily lives, within the concept of smart cities. The signal will be available from October 14, when the light will be launched in the city.
For this, a smart light was installed in the Mayor’s Office, with a series of built-in features, such as a lighting service management system, which allows you to identify faults and control the intensity of lighting remotely, and a camera, which may have facial identification features and several other analytical software of extreme importance to the city. In addition, the light fixture will also bring a 5G cellular antenna to capture and transmit signals to smartphones that have this technology, as well as Wi-Fi connectivity, transforming this equipment into a service unit, demonstrating, in practice, what a “smart city” should be like.
The acquisition of the smart light with 5G antenna integrated by the city of Campina Grande was carried out under the support of legal modeling that allows the contracting of innovative solutions and which was developed by the Brazilian Industrial Development Agency (ABDI), in the Conecta 5G program.
To enable this pilot project with the City of Campina Grande, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is providing the Qualcomm® FSM™100xx 5G RAN platform for Airspan’s small cell. Juganu provides the light, which also uses the Qualcomm® Internet Processor (IPQ) to enable Wi-Fi connectivity, and which will have Airspan’s small cell. Padtec – a provider of high-capacity optical transmission equipment based on Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology – will, in partnership with Trópico, integrate, adapt and support the entire Small Cell 5G AirSpan plus 5G Core end-to-end solution to ensure its complete operation.
V.tal is responsible for the fiber optic connectivity infrastructure of the light and its equipment (5G small cell antenna, wifi, camera, etc.), transporting the large volume of data at very high speed through its robust network and ensuring the quality of the services offered by this solution.
Motorola will provide some smartphones with 5G technology for testing the equipment and Brisanet will be the operator responsible for the 5G mobile access network.
For the Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation of Campina Grande, Laryssa Almeida, the city, known for its technological production, could not be left out of this important moment for the advancement of the country in terms of connectivity. “In Brazil, so far, few municipalities have received the 5G signal, and Campina, as a city recognized for its high technological development, is being as avant-garde as ever, offering this technology in an experimental way. From a whole articulation with several representatives of the private initiative, the public management is making this experience possible for people, who will soon be able to enjoy a more stable and faster connection in their mobile networks”, celebrated the secretary.
“The 5G smart light will improve the technological infrastructure of Campina Grande and support the digital transformation of the city and the local economy. This is the goal of Conecta 5G, a program that created the model for the use of public lighting to cover 5G antennas,” said Igor Calvet, president of ABDI.
“Qualcomm is very proud to be part of this initiative in Brazil, providing both small cell solutions and the cameras and Wi-Fi connection used with the smart light. We believe that this action will have a positive impact on the digital transformation of cities and the spread of 5G, revolutionizing societies through technology and allowing Operators and ISPs to make use of urban furniture, such as light fixtures, to deploy and expand 5G coverage,” said Fiore Mangone, Head of Business Development at Qualcomm.
“V.tal’s neutral fiber optic network, due to its capillarity and robustness, has a fundamental and strategic role to support the large volume of data and also the low latency that 5G offers, enabling new solutions and services not only for smart cities with a focus on safety and resource optimization, but also for other applications such as the operation of autonomous cars, remote surgeries, industrial and agricultural automation, among others,” says José Cláudio Gonçalves (Naval), Vice President of New Business and Innovation, V.tal.
“5G has come to revolutionize the way we connect to diverse IOT items and the world, but it has brought immense infrastructure challenges such as massive deployment of antennas in cities. The smart light, in addition to solving the problem of antennas, can provide other IOT services that will really make cities smart and integrated, such as public wi-fi, traffic light control, autonomous cars, among others. It’s a real revolution, just like smartphones were for telephony,” says Bruno Gemus, CEO in Brazil at Juganu.
“Airspan’s 5G RAN modular solutions enable customers to select from vRAN based on different functional splits to gNB all-in-one (AIO) solutions, enabling mobile operators to meet a wide range of challenges and provisioning the tools to fully exploit advanced 5G technologies. In Campina Grande we are deploying the Airspeed AIO gNB outdoor, with rapid implementation, scalability and high performance,” says Sergio Kodama, Commercial Director of Airspan in Brazil.
“With participation in this initiative, our goal is to continue to foster national technological development, support research and development advances in the field of 5G networks and contribute to the growth of an ecosystem in the area of optical systems, reinforcing our position as a technological leader in this segment,” said Carlos Raimar Schoeninger, CEO of Padtec.
“The Smart light exemplifies the technological sophistication added to 5G: the combination of ultra-high-speed optical access, high-capacity 5G base radio and antenna, high-definition cameras, IoT devices and users’ Wi-Fi and 5G terminals, not to mention network core software, responsible for controlling, operating and managing all of this. Trópico has nearly 40 years’ experience in providing Integrated Connectivity and Application Solutions (SICA) for complex multi-vendor networks. In addition, it offers 24x7x365 customer support to ensure the operation of the systems and maximum availability of the service to the population” says Júlio Martorano, President of Trópico.
Motorola was a pioneer in the launch of smartphones compatible with 5G technology in Brazil, marked by the return to the premium segment with the Motorola Edge family. Currently, 60% of our portfolio is already prepared for this new network. And we know the importance of technology for other forms of connectivity, in addition to its transformative potential. Therefore, we also support projects such as the 5G light test in Campina Grande, following our DNA of always betting on innovation,” says Thiago Masuchette, Head of Products at Motorola in Brazil.
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About ABDI
The Brazilian Industrial Development Agency (ABDI) formulates and executes actions that contribute to the development of the national productive sector. Its mission is to stimulate the digital transformation of the business, with a view to increasing productivity, competitiveness and profitability. ABDI also encourages testing new business models and use of technologies in smart cities. The Agency is an inducer of the culture of digitization in the national economy, generates competitive intelligence and is responsible for the articulation between public and private agents, always focusing on the economic and social development of the country.
About Airspan (www.airspan.com)
Airspan Networks Holdings Inc. (NYSE American: MIMO) is a U.S.-based provider of innovative and advanced software and hardware for 5G networks and a pioneer in end-to-end ORAN solutions that enable interoperability with other companies. As a result of innovative technology and significant investments in R&D to build and expand 5G solutions, Airspan believes it is well positioned with indoor and outdoor 5G, ORAN, private networks for enterprise customers and industrial applications, fixed wireless access (FWA), and CBRS solutions to support the most varied mobile network operators deploying their networks of the future today. Airspan has a global scale with more than one million stations delivered to 1,000 customers in more than 100 countries.
About V.tal
First end-to-end neutral fiber optic network company in the Brazilian market, with a unique position in the national territory, V.tal offers FTTH solutions, as well as wholesale services to operators and internet providers of different sizes and regions throughout the country.V.tal has more than 18 million homes passed available for fiber optic internet contracting in Brazil with an expansion plan to 34 million homes passed in 2025. Holding the largest optical fiber infrastructure in the country, V.tal’s network has high capillarity with about 430 thousand km of optical fiber, reaching 2,300 cities.
About Juganu
Juganu is a cutting-edge technology company that offers systems for smart cities and smart indoor environments such as (supermarkets, shopping malls, etc.). Juganu has already made several smart city installations in the world such as: Dallas, Philadelphia, Arlington, border of the friendship bridge in Foz do Iguaçu among others). Juganu produces smart light fixtures that make life easier for users, citizens and managers by solving the infrastructure problem of cities.
About Padtec (www.padtec.com)
Padtec is a global provider of state-of-the-art, flexible and high-capacity optical transmission solutions based on DWDM technology. A reference in optical transport systems, Padtec offers an extensive portfolio of products for corporate access, DCI, metropolitan networks and long-haul multi-terabit networks, which meets the end-to-end demands – in transmission, optical amplification and route protection – of large operators, integrators, carriers of carriers, utilities and service providers. Padtec’s services unit, today with more than 40 points of presence in Latin America, operates in the implementation, operation and maintenance of systems and in the management of optical networks. The result of a strong vocation for research and development, Padtec’s pioneering technology travels great distances and pushes boundaries to connect the world intelligently.
About Trópico
Headquartered in Campinas, Brazil, Trópico provides Information and Communication Technology (ICT) products, through Integrated Connectivity Solutions and Applications (SICA) composed of Specialized Services, Communication Networks and Applications for Agribusiness, Railways, Ports, Utilities, Smart Cities, Logistics Mining, as well as for Telecommunications Service Operators.
Based in the core networks of the largest operators and in the Private Networks of large companies in Brazil, Trópico plays a very important role in these markets, providing 4G/5G Network Solutions for Multimedia and IoT communications. With flexible business models, including offering Solution as a Service (SICAaaS), Trópico is recognized as a leading company for connecting People, Machines and Things (IoT). www.tropiconet.com
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is the world leader in wireless technology innovation and the driving force behind the development, launch and expansion of 5G. When we connected the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in all 3G, 4G and 5G smartphones. We bring the benefits of mobility to new industries, including automotive, internet of things and computing, and are leading the way to a world where everyone and everything can communicate and interact seamlessly. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL and much of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, together with its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering, research and development functions and substantially all of our product and service businesses, including our QCT semiconductor businesses. For more information, visit Qualcomm‘s website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.
