Facens together with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Embratel, and Claro, with the support of its innovation hub – beOn Claro – announce the implementation of the largest campus to be connected with 5G technology in the State of São Paulo, in Sorocaba, headquarters of the educational institution.
Named the Facens 5G Smart Campus, the initiative will allow companies, startups and academia to learn about, test, prototype and scale their products and services for various sectors using a dedicated 5G network.
Claro’s 5G, installed at Facens by Ericsson and the operator, can also be used by students at the university to optimize their academic activities, confirming itself as an important differential for the institution and its students.
In addition, having 5G within the campus will foster new projects and innovative research developed by Facens, both for industry and for society. The 5G network as implemented uses elements from commercial solutions activated with a scientific license granted by Anatel.
The purpose of the Facens 5G Smart Campus is to make the most advanced, secure, and innovative 5G network accessible to the academic and business community, enabling businesses to remold rapidly so as to thrive in a new reality – the connected society, the 5G society.
“This is a very important step for Facens, for the region and for the whole industrial and technological sector. Although 5G will start in our 4.0 automation lab, our intention is to expand it to research and projects across the entire campus, especially the Facens Smart Campus. 5G will transform industry and society, and being one of the pioneers in this technological turnaround is something that will allow us to move forward and stay ahead in the academic and developmental sphere,” says Paulo Roberto de Carvalho, Rector of Facens University Center.
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