
Debswana and huawei unveil world's first 5G-oriented smart diamond mine project
Today, at MWC Barcelona 2023, Botswana's
Debswana and Huawei jointly announced the world's first 5G-oriented smart
diamond mine project.
Debswana's Head of Information Management Molemisi Nelson Sechaba said that
the Huawei-enabled smart mine solution has been deployed at Debswana's Jwaneng
open-pit diamond mine, and the project started operation in December 2021.
Huawei's 4G eLTE private network solution provides stable connectivity for the
Jwaneng mine, connecting more than 260 pieces of equipment, including drilling
rigs, excavators, heavy trucks, and pickup trucks. This enables interconnection
between the mine's production, safety and security systems.
Before this solution was adopted, the previous solution has two limitations. First, it
has limited coverage. Second, it uses public wir...