Nokia releases Ultra Compact Network 4G backpack

The Ultra Compact Network can provide voice, video and data services in emergency situations, remote locations and events and act as a hotspot for public safety organisations, industries and operators. Based on small cells technology, it provides secure indoor and outdoor 4G coverage wherever it is deployed with a range of 75 km for up to 400 users. In remote, underserved areas it can provide capacity and coverage, and can utilise cable, satellite or microwave technologies for backhaul to extend an operator’s existing macro network.

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When deployed at remote industrial sites, such as mines, petrochemical plants and oil rigs, the Ultra Compact Network can provide business-critical communications, while mobile operators can use the technology to rapidly bridge network coverage gaps. It can also or provide temporary additional coverage and capacity in high-traffic locations and events such as outdoor music festivals.

The Ultra Compact Network will allow first response units to utilise voice, video and other data-based services in emergency situations when mobile networks have been compromised. Where there is no road access it can be carried in a backpack, or elevated by a drone or weather balloon, providing vital connectivity for search and rescue missions or to help control disasters such as forest fires or floods over wide areas.