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Case Study: NORCAT Underground Mine POC

February 1, 2024

Outdoor / Indoor Wireless

Digital Voice and High-Speed Data at the Working Face 

Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

The Customer: 

NORCAT was founded in 1995 by a team of business and academic visionaries who recognized the need for an organization to promote, educate, and support local entrepreneurs, tech innovators, and skilled labour workers to enable long-term and sustainable economic and social prosperity for Northern Ontario.

Venue:

Located in Sudbury, Ontario, the NORCAT Underground Centre is an underground operating mine that serves as both an innovation and training centre providing two services:

  • Technology Development, Testing & Demonstration
  • Experimental, Hands-on Training & Development

Problem:

Underground mining operations, often found in remote and hazardous locations, face a myriad of unique communication challenges. From signal obstacles and harsh environmental conditions to excessive noise and lack of redundancy, these issues not only affect worker to worker communications, they also limit effective personnel tracking, emergency management and safety measures.

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