With more than 4,000 exhibitors and 130,000 visitors from around the globe, Hannover Messe was back in action. The GSMA Digital Industries team were delighted to attended the dedicated industrial event with a booth in Hall 14 Industrial Wireless & 5G Arena, in collaboration with 5G-ACIA (5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation) which is a global forum focused on shaping 5G for the industrial domain.

We also held an in-person Forum Meeting #17 with key stakeholders 5G-ACIA, Omdia, Verizon, Airbus, Firecell, GSMA Steering Group and GSMA Services to hear about the latest research, use cases, perspectives in the sector and recommendations for achieving success and launched new Industry 4.0 (I4.0) Brownfield Evolution Framework 2023 which is available to download.

We were also delighted to meet our partners and connecting with industrial enterprises, and the wider ecosystem from around the world discussing key topics including Private 5G Networks, TSN, Industry 4.0, robotics, AI and much more.

Sessions On-demand

IT-OT integration with 5G – 5G as a TSN Bridge

Speaker: Jirka Klaue, Technology Specialist, Airbus

During the Hannover Messe 2023 – Industrial Wireless & 5G Conference Stage, our partners Airbus and Firecell showcased key insights into IT-OT integration with 5G especially using 5G as a TSN Bridge and how private 5G networks can deliver multiple device reliability at Airbus.

Jirka Klaue, Technology Specialist from Airbus explains how Firecell and Airbus worked together to solve challenges and how 5G was the right solution for their manufacturing sites.

Enabling smart mobile robots using 5G private networks — An Ericsson case study

Speakers: David Hart, Manufacturing Practice Leader, Ericsson and Jan Diekmann, Technical Account Manager, Ericsson

Discover how 5G is the backbone of the Ericsson smart factory – built from the ground up, the factory showcases how their private 5G network offers greater efficiencies including data and analytic outputs which help to predict and improve production, sustainability and energy efficiency and more. By using a combination of robots and people working collaboratively side by side, the Ericsson 5G industrial Park in Lewisville, Texas USA includes 5G Industrial Ecosystem Testbed, USA 5G Smart Factory Industry 4.0 and Smart Hub Americas 4.0.

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