--- title: "Communities: platforms | Nexus Observatory" description: "Service platforms for communities, rural and indigenous connectivity: Coverage where carriers do not build, Power for remote sites, Local weather…" url: https://observatory.global/industries/communities/platforms/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Communities](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/) / **Platforms** # The platforms behind communities. The service platforms that design, build and run the systems this industry relies on, each with the areas that matter here. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/use-cases/) [Open the explainer](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/explainer/) **01** Service platforms ## The platforms behind this industry. Each platform is its own site, with its areas, its technologies and its reference architecture. [Service platform ConnectivityPrivate 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) [Service platform Sensors & instrumentsMeasurements that carry their own proof.](https://observatory.global/sensors/) [Service platform Field servicesSurvey to decommission, one accountable crew.](https://observatory.global/field-services/) [Service platform Hardware & powerBuilt for the site, not the lab.](https://observatory.global/hardware/) [Service platform Data & licensingGrid data, licensed for your use.](https://observatory.global/data-products/) [Service platform Training and enablementYour team runs it. We make sure they can.](https://observatory.global/#lines) **02** Connectivity ## Private 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site. Standalone private 5G and O-RAN, AI-RAN on shared accelerated compute, LEO and GEO backhaul and 3GPP direct-to-device, LPWAN and mesh for sensors over kilometres, PTP timing inside the budget, and the spectrum route for each country. - [Private 5G](https://observatory.global/connectivity/private-5g/) - [AI-RAN](https://observatory.global/connectivity/ai-ran/) - [O-RAN](https://observatory.global/connectivity/o-ran/) - [Satellite and NTN](https://observatory.global/connectivity/satellite-and-ntn/) - [LPWAN and mesh](https://observatory.global/connectivity/lpwan-and-mesh/) - [Timing](https://observatory.global/connectivity/timing/) - [Spectrum](https://observatory.global/connectivity/spectrum/) - [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) **03** Sensors & instruments ## Measurements that carry their own proof. Weather and environment stations to WMO practice, RF spectrum sensing in the band, and calibration that is traceable, recorded and repeated. Every value leaves with its metadata, quality flag and provenance. Or buy the observations and leave the hardware to us: Sensing as a Service. - [Instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/instruments/) - [Weather and environment](https://observatory.global/sensors/weather-and-environment/) - [RF sensing](https://observatory.global/sensors/rf-sensing/) - [Calibration](https://observatory.global/sensors/calibration/) - [Sensing as a Service](https://observatory.global/sensors/sensing-as-a-service/) - [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) **04** Field services ## Survey to decommission, one accountable crew. Ground, RF and power surveyed before anything is chosen, installation and commissioning to the plan, a Managed Site run for you, support by plan, training on your own site, and decommissioning with every part recorded. - [Survey](https://observatory.global/field-services/survey/) - [Install and commission](https://observatory.global/field-services/install-and-commission/) - [Managed Site](https://observatory.global/field-services/managed-site-cell/) - [Support](https://observatory.global/field-services/support/) - [Training](https://observatory.global/field-services/training/) - [Decommission](https://observatory.global/field-services/decommission/) - [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/) **05** Hardware & power ## Built for the site, not the lab. Sensor nodes to 7U racks, enclosures and masts, solar, battery and microgrid power sized to the load, ruggedisation specified for heat, cold, dust, water and shock, and platforms that move: vehicles, vessels and airborne. - [Form factors](https://observatory.global/hardware/form-factors/) - [Power](https://observatory.global/hardware/power/) - [Ruggedisation](https://observatory.global/hardware/ruggedisation/) - [Mobile and deployable](https://observatory.global/hardware/mobile-and-deployable/) - [Reference designs](https://observatory.global/hardware/reference-designs/) - [OEM](https://observatory.global/hardware/oem/) - [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) **06** Data & licensing ## Grid data, licensed for your use. Research, commercial API, enterprise and government tiers, the licence of every source carried through to every product, routes from licensed to open release, and residency fixed by contract. - [Products](https://observatory.global/data-products/products/) - [Tiers](https://observatory.global/data-products/tiers/) - [API](https://observatory.global/data-products/api/) - [Publication](https://observatory.global/data-products/publication/) - [Residency](https://observatory.global/data-products/residency/) - [Data & licensing](https://observatory.global/data-products/) **07** Training and enablement ## Your team runs it. We make sure they can. Operator, crew and engineer training on the systems you own, commissioning taught on your own site, enablement for integrators and suppliers, and learning paths from first principles to a commissioned site, each step recorded. - [Operators](https://observatory.global/) - [Field crews](https://observatory.global/) - [Engineers](https://observatory.global/) - [Partner enablement](https://observatory.global/) - [Learning paths](https://observatory.global/) - [Training and enablement](https://observatory.global/#lines) **08** One architecture ## Every platform on the same open protocol. Identity, time, observation and evidence work the same way on every platform, so the systems this industry buys fit together. **01** ### Join Identity, attestation quote, signed policy. **02** ### Admit Admitted for a stated scope, nothing wider. **03** ### Describe What, where, how and by whom, with calibration. **04** ### Time One clock across the grid, with its error bound. **05** ### Observe Every value with quality and provenance. **06** ### Qualify Tested against the specification, state on record. ### Ready when you are. Plan a deployment, configure a station or talk to sales. Every request reaches the team that answers it. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Station Builder](https://observatory.global/studio/builder/) [Talk to sales](https://observatory.global/contact/sales-enquiry/) ## Bring us the site. Survey, design, deployment and operation for communities. The form names who receives your details. [Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Home](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/) [Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/use-cases/) [Specialized fields](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/fields/) [Solutions](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/solutions/) [Platforms](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/platforms/) [Systems and technologies](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/systems/) [Frontier](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/frontier/) [Open](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/open/) [Community](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/community/) [Countries](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/countries/) [Resources](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/resources/) [Contact](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/contact/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Communities** . Connectivity and observation the community owns.[Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Communities - [Overview](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/) - [Explainer](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/explainer/) - [Specialized fields](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/fields/) - [Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/use-cases/) - [Solutions](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/solutions/) - [Platforms](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/platforms/) - [Resources](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/resources/) - [Contact](https://observatory.global/industries/communities/contact/) Platforms - [Observatory Protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) - [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) - [Software](https://observatory.global/software/) - [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) - [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) - 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