CommScope Collaborates with Microsoft to Advance Industrial Manufacturing

CommScope has announced that it has collaborated with Microsoft to create a converged private wireless network solution to transform industrial manufacturing.

This solution aims to bring augmented reality applications and cloud-based manufacturing tools to factory engineers. This includes immersive technology training, aggregated assembly line data, and real-time remote assistance to improve production ramp times and worker capabilities.

Upendra Pingle, SVP Intelligent Cellular Networks, CommScope said, “we have deployed Microsoft’s private MEC platform in combination with CBRS access points in our manufacturing innovation center to improve operational efficiencies. Together, we are showcasing the immediate, real-world advantages of private networking in industrial manufacturing, as our combined solution paves the way for the evolution of private wireless networks and manufacturing.”

“We see a tremendous opportunity to transform workforce efficiency by making it easy to deploy and develop private wireless that can underpin agile factories,” said Shriraj Gaglani, GM for Azure for Operators at Microsoft.