The Benefits of Deploying a Temporary Private LTE Network

Industrial facilities from different business sectors are choosing private LTE over Wi-Fi and other options for their network coverage. Many facilities, ranging in size from giant chemical plants and oil refineries to smaller manufacturing complexes, see the benefits of deploying a private LTE network as a permanent solution, but what about as a temporary one?

As a leading industrial network provider, weavix™ utilizes Cellular on Wheels (COW) as a mobile, private LTE network to reliably connect you and your crews. Whether you’re at a job site for a few weeks or a few months, your crews still need to communicate, and COW makes it possible.

Everything you Expect from a Permanent LTE Network

Many enterprises have switched to a private LTE network for its advantages and capabilities over Wi-Fi and public LTE.

To clear up any possible misconceptions, you aren’t getting the short end of the stick if you need a temporary LTE network as opposed to a permanent one. Deploying a temporary LTE network gives you the same reliable coverage as any other LTE network, but with more flexibility for you and your field crews.

Inherently, a private LTE network offers industrial facilities better connectivity, security and range than other networks. These networks can support higher numbers of communication devices and users without losing speed or dropping coverage. By default, all LTE networks have built-in two-factor authentication and encryption for more advanced security than Wi-Fi. LTE is also classified as a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN), meaning it’s fit for widespread areas of coverage, especially for outdoor areas.

Private LTE is the future of industrial communication, and weavix™ makes it possible to take LTE wherever your crews are.

A Private LTE Network Wherever you and your Crews Need It

If you’re at a temporary job site for a few weeks or a month, there’s a high possibility that it’s not covered with your current network. Whether it’s due to cost (we’ll get to that next), its position away from your main network, or any other reason, if you’re not covered, your crews can’t communicate. And that’s a problem for any job site, permanent or not.

A temporary LTE network is useful for any remote location or a new site that needs a quick network solution for a short period of time. These can include:

• Surveying a possible oil reserve
• Excavating a new mine
• Various construction projects

Being mobile, COW makes taking your LTE coverage from site to site and job to job easy and possible, even for short excursions. While mobile and temporary, COW is still powerful enough to support your network requirements wherever you’re working.

Seamlessly connect all your field workers with any of your weavix™ industrial radios and get to work without missing a beat with a temporary LTE network.

A Low-Cost Solution for Temporary Workplaces

As we touched on before, cost plays a part in why some of your remote or temporary job sites might not have coverage. While private LTE is cheaper than Wi-Fi, you don’t want to waste your budget on covering a remote or temporary job site that’s only getting used for one to two months out of the year.

Instead, temporary LTE coverage by weavix™ is your answer.

You can deploy it while your crews are getting set up and then take it down as the job comes to an end. Instead of paying for coverage full time, you only pay for the select times you and your crews used it. It’s a win for your crews and a win for your budget.

Traditionally, networks and devices are sold separately, meaning they both eat away at your overall budget. However, that’s no longer the case with weavix™. As a managed service, our weCare™ plan combines both your network and devices, plus any replacements, maintenance and repair that come with them, all for one low monthly price. Our Internet of Workers (IoW) system simplifies industrial communication so your crews can focus on getting the job done.

Get your LTE Network Up in a Matter of Hours, Not Days

The thing about temporary job sites is just that: they're temporary. Typically, when crews are sent to these remote locations, they want to get in and out as fast as possible. So, waiting days for your LTE network to get set up is not an option.

Instead, weavix™ guarantees your temporary LTE network is deployed and functioning in a matter of hours, not days. Your crews can communicate and get their jobs done faster and, when the job’s done and it’s time to move to the next one, pack it up just as fast.

By itself, private LTE stands above other network options. With our COW solution, weavix™ delivers these benefits and more to any location your crews need. To see if a mobile private LTE network is the right solution for your temporary job site, speak with a weavix™ specialist today.