Jacto taps Nokia to deploy pvt wireless 5G network for LatAm agricultural machinery industry

Brazilian multinational corporation Jacto has selected Nokia to deploy the first industrial-grade private wireless 4.9G/LTE & 5G network for the agricultural machinery industry in Latin America, the latter announced on Tuesday.

Jacto is currently building a 5G Smart Factory in the province of Sao Paulo, Brazil, which will serve both domestic and foreign markets. The 96,000-square-meter factory will house an automated painting system with cutting-edge technology, autonomous vehicle handling and an automated storage system. It will also house an advanced training center.

Nokia's private wireless networks deliver the robust, secure, predictable and pervasive wireless coverage required for Industry 4.0 use cases. The network will make the 5G Smart Factory a reality.

"Agroindustry makes a direct impact in our day-to-day life, our well-being and creates a direct sustainable value for our society. At Nokia we are passionate for these projects, and we see their potential. We thank Jacto, a leader in mechanization technology for agriculture, to trust Nokia for this project, and we are looking forward to expanding our collaboration even further," said Marcelo Entreconti, Head of Nokia Enterprise for Latin America.

The Finnish firm will deploy an industrial-grade private wireless network, based on the Nokia Modular Private Wireless solution using 5G NSA. The network will utilize the 700 MHz band for 4.9G/LTE and the 3.7 GHz band spectrum for 5G. Additionally, the company will provide complementary services for installation, configuration, training, and assisted operations.

Commenting on this collaboration, Fernando Gonçalves, President at Jacto, said, "The new plant will serve both domestic and foreign markets, with product lines for spraying, fertilizing, planting, harvesting coffee and sugar cane, in addition to precision agriculture, digital technology and autonomous vehicles. We consulted several players in the telecommunications market, and Nokia was the one that presented the best proposal in terms of quality, robustness and scalability of the product to meet our project."