HFCL teams up with Microsoft to roll out pvt 5G solutions for enterprises

Domestic telecom gear maker HFCL on Thursday said it has collaborated with Microsoft to roll out private 5G solutions for enterprises, as businesses eye the next generation technology to spur digital transformation.

With the rapid rollout of 5G in India, enterprises are looking at the next generation technology to further their digital transformation, including the promise of Industry 4.0, HFCL said in a statement.

"HFCL has collaborated with Microsoft to create converged private 5G solutions that harness new-age technologies of IoT (Internet of Things), cloud, edge computing, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and analytics to transform industry verticals that include manufacturing, retail and warehouse, mining, education, defence, railways, smart city," it said.

HFCL is deploying one such private 5G-enabled Industry 4.0 solution as a pilot programme using Microsoft Azure public MEC (multi-access edge compute) and HFCL 5G Indoor Small Cell, at its optical fiber manufacturing plant in ...