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Purpose-Built Private LTE is the Foundation for a Modern and Dynamic Power Grid

Advanced technologies are only as strong as the communications infrastructure supporting them. Utility-grade private LTE layers in proven standards, resulting in predictable life cycle costs and enhanced controls. All you need is a trusted partner to design the system that meets your use cases.

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10 Private LTE Considerations for the Utility C-Suite

Utilities must take charge of communications systems. A clear understanding of the challenges and opportunities starts with buy-in at the executive level.

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4G LTE or 5G? Evaluating What Matters for Utility Grade Wireless Broadband

Excitement is building over 5G wireless solutions. Utilities face a host of considerations — all boiling down to selecting the communications technology that best supports business needs today and for the future.

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The Need for Utility Control Is More Evident Than Ever

The growing complexity of power delivery systems requires utilities to reassess risks to communications infrastructure, boosting control and redundancy.

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FCC Action Shows Utility Demand for Private LTE

A recent FCC ruling allows utilities to build out private telecom networks for controls and other uses, freeing up increasingly scarce spectrum resources.

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Strategic Spectrum Unlocks Next-Generation Applications

The Federal Communications Commission’s recent action to make parts of the 900 MHz spectrum available for the development of critical wireless broadband technologies is a landmark change for the utility industry.

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The 5G They Are Selling May Not Be the 5G You Need

Frequency bands have historically been used interchangeably with technology standards and naming conventions. Utilities may not need the latest and greatest.

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CBRS Auction Results Are in; Did Utilities Cash in to Build Private LTE?

Eight electric utilities jumped into the spectrum arena with bids for the right to build telecommunications networks — but why only eight?

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Risk Profiles Emerge as LTE Devices Go in on Utility Networks

Secure-boot functionality addresses the challenge of device security on electrical grid networks, but it requires utility collaboration with vendor partners.

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Overcoming Private LTE Hurdles: Setting a Standard and Picking Spectrum

Facing rapid changes in generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, utilities are contemplating how the deployment of private wireless recommended long-term-evolution (PLTE) communications infrastructure can improve monitoring and control of critical systems that make up the grid.

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Burns & McDonnell Named Program Manager by SDG&E for New Wireless Broadband Telecommunications Network

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has selected Burns & McDonnell to program manage the implementation of its new private long-term evolution (PLTE) wireless broadband network.

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Burns & McDonnell Network Integration and Automation Team Expands Capabilities with Broadband Telecommunications Specialists

Burns & McDonnell is expanding broadband field area network service capabilities within its telecommunications practice with the addition of three experienced telecommunications engineers with specialized knowledge in private Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks.

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Programmatic Approach Can Deliver Cost Certainty for Utilities

Private broadband wireless networks provide better control options and are increasingly the solution utilities look to. However, telecommunications build-outs are often logistically and geographically complex. These challenges are forcing a new look at long-held assumptions on how best to deliver multiyear, multisite, capital-intensive communications projects.

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Bruce Albright
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