24 April 2023
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)-Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) to explore the potential of applications of 5G and other wireless communication technologies in its SAIL-Bokaro Steel Plant.
SAIL is an Indian state-owned steel-making company based in New Delhi. With an annual production of 16.30 million metric tons, it is described as the 20th largest steel company in the world and the largest in India. SAIL operates and owns five integrated steel plants, including Bokaro and three special steel plants.
This focus of this project would be SAIL's mines and collieries, its central coal supply organization, and the SAIL refractory unit in Jharkhand.
According to local media, this deal makes SAIL-BSL the first public sector undertaking (PSU) in the country to investigate setting up a dedicated 5G network with the help of TCIL and potentially pave the way for the application of 5G technologies in steel manufacturing.
