SK Telecom is developing 5G-based power plant solutions with a South Korean energy company — and other telecoms could learn from the partnership:
This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Connectivity & Tech subscribers.South Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom is working with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to develop power plant management solutions using 5G that take advantage of the new standard's key IoT features,The solutions will boost energy production efficiency and enhance security within plants.
It's unsurprising that a revolutionary 5G-based partnership of this nature would originate in South Korea: South Korean network operators, including SK Telecom, were among theThe country's network operators are all offering 5G services to businesses and consumers. Their networks reach roughly half of the country's population and have now connected over a million 5G devices.
The power plant solutions will specifically take advantage of 5G's lower latency, which means there's minimal delay when data is sent to and from a cloud server. 5G will eventually cut latency in communications to as low as 1 millisecond , down from about 50 ms on 4G, enabling greater remote management capability for mission-critical services like power plant management that rely on this instantaneous communication.
Given the critical nature of power systems, SK Telecom is also assuring power customers that data will stay secure. One of the factors the telecom has emphasized throughout its 5G development and deployment process has been the claim that it's developed the safest and most secure 5G network in its market — see Business Insider Intelligence'sSK Telecom will also incorporate its Digital Twin industrial management systems into the power plant solutions.
Shifting the control of systems like power plant management from local sites to the cloud or other remote locations can offer operators a range of critical advantages, like more powerful analytics or automation capabilities. It can also simplify how a company upgrades systems or changes layouts or routines, since it can rely on wireless connectivity instead of needing to change network configurations as well.and metering solutions.
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