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Use casesDeployment scenarios from the sector research and the use-case library, each with the kit, the data products and the proof a buyer asks for. 16 in all.
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Telecom · Use cases
Towers that compute, sense and connect
AI-RAN and edge compute at the tower, private 5G for enterprises, timing and spectrum monitoring, satellite backhaul and ground segment, and towers that host observing instruments as a second tenant. Needs: spectrum occupancy and interference, timing accuracy, site power and cooling, backhaul for remote sites and tower capacity for hosted instruments.
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Northern civil observatory
Weather, geodetic and space-weather instruments with communications and power at a remote northern site, built for civil use that infrastructure programmes may share. For natural-resource and environment departments, northern communities. Data products: weather and space-weather observations and search-and-rescue support data.
- Standards
- WMO-No. 8 · IGS RINEX · INTERMAGNET
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Mine site private 5G and environmental monitoring
A standalone 5G core, radios across the pit and edge compute for autonomy, with dust, vibration, slope and weather sensing for environmental records. For mining companies and their contractors. Data products: autonomy and safety communications records and environmental monitoring records (dust, blast vibration, slope, tailings).
- Standards
- 3GPP Rel-16/17 URLLC · ISO 17757 (autonomous mining machinery safety) · GISTM (tailings) · ISA/IEC 62443
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Community cellular and sensing
Small cells with an open core, satellite backhaul and solar power, plus a sensing overlay, for a community that owns its network. For indigenous organisations and Indigenous-owned service providers, remote communities. Data products: coverage and service maps in the regulator’s format, speed-test and uptime evidence and community sensing overlay (weather, water, air).
- Standards
- 3GPP LTE/NR · ISED Access Licensing Framework (SAB-002-26) · Local data-governance principles (OCAP) where applicable
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Utility grid-edge private LTE and wildfire weather
Private LTE on substations and poles for distribution automation, with weather nodes that inform public-safety power shutoff decisions. For electric utilities. Data products: fault location, isolation and service restoration telemetry, distributed-energy control and islanding events and wildfire-risk weather observations. Drawn against 3GPP Band 106, IEC 61850, IEEE 1547 / 2030.5 and NERC CIP.
- Standards
- 3GPP Band 106 · IEC 61850 · IEEE 1547 / 2030.5 · NERC CIP
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Remote microgrid observatory
Solar, storage and power-quality telemetry with a weather station and a small cell, for a community that is reducing diesel. For remote communities, utilities, Indigenous power producers. Data products: diesel offset and power-quality records and solar-resource measurements. Drawn against IEEE 1547, IEEE 2030.5 and National electrical codes.
- Standards
- IEEE 1547 · IEEE 2030.5 · National electrical codes
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Deployable incident observatory
A trailer or vehicle with a cell on wheels, satellite backhaul, a mesh kit, a drone and weather and air-quality nodes for an incident base. For emergency management agencies, event organisers, utilities. Data products: incident-base connectivity and situational observations. Drawn against 3GPP LTE/NR, OASIS CAP 1.2 and National incident-management systems.
- Standards
- 3GPP LTE/NR · OASIS CAP 1.2 · National incident-management systems
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Highway corridor coverage and safety sensing
Small cells with satellite backhaul along an unserved highway, with road-weather and camera nodes. For provinces and states, carriers. Data products: coverage maps and road-condition observations. Drawn against 3GPP LTE/NR and NTCIP 1204. Every reading and every change leaves a record that can be checked later.
- Standards
- 3GPP LTE/NR · NTCIP 1204
Trust
Every node proves what it is
A node joins only after its hardware root of trust answers an attestation challenge. Keys stay in secure hardware, software arrives signed, and every reading carries a signature, so its origin can be checked by anyone downstream without asking us.
Time and place
Every reading carries when and where
Readings are stamped against a disciplined clock, from satellite time or a PTP grandmaster, together with the station position and its siting record. When time or position is degraded, the record says so instead of hiding it, and every analyst downstream sees the same warning.
How it scales
One base unit, repeated
A programme starts with one base node and the instruments it reads. A station adds power and radio, a site adds a relay, a fleet repeats the proven site across many places, and a network federates fleets through edge and core. Capacity grows by adding units, never by replacing what works.
What you get
AI-RAN and multi-access edge deployment
RAN and AI workloads on shared accelerated compute at the cell site or edge, integrated with O-RAN interfaces. Delivered as professional services and managed service, for carriers, neutral hosts, large enterprises. Scale: Carrier-scale rollouts. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure on your own dashboard.
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01Specialized fields
Each field has its own setup.
The measurements, radio, power and crew work differ from one field to the next. Open a field for its full stack, from order to operation.
Specialized fieldMobile network sites
Power and batteries, shelter climate, tower movement, intrusion and site weather at every mobile site, with an out-of-band path that reports when the site itself is down.The full field →Specialized fieldFibre networks and outside plant
Distributed fibre sensing along routes, flooding and gas in chambers, and cabinet access and climate, on LoRaWAN and the fibre itself, so dig-ins and faults are found before the cable is cut.The full field →Specialized fieldEdge data centres
Power and energy, cooling and air, leaks and vibration in edge and regional data centres, on an industrial network behind a security gateway, with efficiency indicators to the standard.The full field →Specialized fieldSatellite ground stations
Rain, wind and lightning at the antennas, antenna drive condition, timing and site security at satellite ground stations, on the site’s fibre, so passes are planned around the weather and faults are caught between passes.The full field →Specialized fieldSpectrum monitoring and interference
Fixed and mobile receivers that measure occupancy, find interference and locate its source by direction finding and time difference, with GNSS timing, so regulators and operators clear the bands they depend on.The full field →02Use-case library
Worked use cases, kit to data product.
Each names who deploys it, the kit by device class, the data products it publishes and the standards it is drawn against. Open one for its full page.
Use case · medium to high complexityCommunity cellular and sensing
Small cells with an open core, satellite backhaul and solar power, plus a sensing overlay, for a community that owns its network.- Who
- Indigenous organisations and Indigenous-owned service providers, remote communities.
- Data
- Coverage and service maps in the regulator’s format; Speed-test and uptime evidence; Community sensing overlay (weather, water, air)
Remote microgrid observatory
Solar, storage and power-quality telemetry with a weather station and a small cell, for a community that is reducing diesel.- Who
- Remote communities, utilities, Indigenous power producers.
- Data
- Diesel offset and power-quality records; Solar-resource measurements
Utility grid-edge private LTE and wildfire weather
Private LTE on substations and poles for distribution automation, with weather nodes that inform public-safety power shutoff decisions.- Who
- Electric utilities.
- Data
- Fault location, isolation and service restoration telemetry; Distributed-energy control and islanding events; Wildfire-risk weather observations
Mine site private 5G and environmental monitoring
A standalone 5G core, radios across the pit and edge compute for autonomy, with dust, vibration, slope and weather sensing for environmental records.- Who
- Mining companies and their contractors.
- Data
- Autonomy and safety communications records; Environmental monitoring records (dust, blast vibration, slope, tailings)
Methane fenceline observatory
Point sensors on the fenceline with optical gas imaging and quantification, feeding leak-detection reports.- Who
- Oil and gas operators.
- Data
- Leak-detection survey records; Site-level emission estimates with uncertainty
Deployable incident observatory
A trailer or vehicle with a cell on wheels, satellite backhaul, a mesh kit, a drone and weather and air-quality nodes for an incident base.- Who
- Emergency management agencies, event organisers, utilities.
- Data
- Incident-base connectivity and situational observations
Highway corridor coverage and safety sensing
Small cells with satellite backhaul along an unserved highway, with road-weather and camera nodes.- Who
- Provinces and states, carriers.
- Data
- Coverage maps and road-condition observations
Northern civil observatory
Weather, geodetic and space-weather instruments with communications and power at a remote northern site, built for civil use that infrastructure programmes may share.- Who
- Natural-resource and environment departments, northern communities.
- Data
- Weather and space-weather observations; Search-and-rescue support data
03Communities and rural
Communities and rural: deployment scenarios.
Community networks, Indigenous and remote connectivity, interim public-safety broadband and remote microgrids.
Communities and ruralIndigenous-owned community cellular
Unused 800 MHz and 1900 MHz spectrum through an access-licensing framework with a priority window for Indigenous applicants.The full use case →Communities and ruralLast-mile fixed wireless with community anchor sensing
Sub-grantee partnerships where observatory nodes co-host at schools, clinics and fire halls.The full use case →Communities and ruralRural and cross-border 5G corridors and smart communities
Co-funded cross-border sections under European digital infrastructure calls.The full use case →Communities and ruralRemote microgrid, sensing and connectivity bundle
Solar-plus-storage telemetry with a weather station and a small cell in a diesel-reduction project.The full use case →Communities and ruralInterim public-safety broadband where no national network exists
Private LTE or 5G for fire and medical services in territories without a national public-safety network.The full use case →04Industrial
Industrial: deployment scenarios.
Mining, oil and gas, ports, utilities, rail, construction and manufacturing: private networks and compliance-grade sensing.
IndustrialMine-wide private LTE or 5G with environmental sensing
Autonomy communications plus dust, blast vibration, slope and tailings monitoring.The full use case →IndustrialUtility private LTE for the grid edge
Distribution automation, distributed-energy control and wildfire-risk weather on a dedicated band.The full use case →IndustrialContinuous methane monitoring
Fenceline sensors and optical gas imaging under regulatory leak-detection cadences.The full use case →05Across the industry
Across the classification.
Use cases mapped to the UN ISIC Rev. 4 sections this site covers.
- AI-RAN on shared accelerated compute
- Neutral-host and rural coverage
- Ground segment hosting for satellite operators
06Proof
What buyers ask to see.
- Coverage maps in the regulator’s format, speed-test evidence, uptime, local ownership and benefit agreements, Indigenous data-governance alignment, licence status.
- Latency and jitter test reports, redundancy design, equipment-maker interoperability, spectrum licence, industrial cybersecurity (ISA/IEC 62443), hazardous-area equipment ratings, uptime service levels, reference sites.
- Drive-test results, KPI baselines, qualification against interface specifications
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