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gold producers , 5G connectivity will be crucial . “ We have some great customers ,” says Bloch . “ They certainly understood where we are headed in terms of enabling IoT information into business practice . We have large commitments to one another to further that agenda .”
Customer-led prioritisation The communications service providers ( CSPs ) themselves stand to benefit . They deal with huge amounts of diverse equipment , from their towers and signal boosting equipment to cable boxes , handsets and modems – even the devices that give cars mobile connectivity and their data centres . “ As soon as you start dealing with equipment , even if you ’ re not manufacturing that equipment yourself , you create an entire supply chain situation ,” Bloch says . “ In the old days , if there ’ s a failure somewhere , you would learn about it from a customer , then locate and fix it . Today the fault can be detected automatically . The next step is to not just see a problem , but to predict it , locate it , and resolve it automatically without disruption . The preventative capacity that it creates is amazing and all of
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