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title: "A journey to cellular and the safer, smarter, more sustainable mine"
url: "https://cradlepoint.ericsson.com/resources/a-journey-to-cellular-and-the-safer-smarter-more-sustainable-mine/"
description: "Newmont partnered with Ericsson to create a private 5G cellular network architecture to support its smart-mining plans across multiple sites. The private cellular network architecture eliminates the functional limitations and cost constraints of legacy Wi-Fi, providing predictable, high-throughput connectivity for production‑critical workloads above and below the ground."
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  - "United States"
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# A journey to cellular and the safer, smarter, more sustainable mine

*Success story · PDF*

Newmont partnered with Ericsson to create a private 5G cellular network architecture to support its smart-mining plans across multiple sites. The private cellular network architecture eliminates the functional limitations and cost constraints of legacy Wi-Fi, providing predictable, high-throughput connectivity for production‑critical workloads above and below the ground.

[PDF](https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2588e757607604a2/blt011ecc5bfb9830c6/6a5a6ea70b789874930f8363/ericsson_newmont_case-study_(1).pdf)