Vodafone Greece's Vodafone Business said it designed, built and commissioned the first private mobile network in Greece on behalf of the companies Piraeus Container Station (SEP) (Stathmos Emporeumatokibotíon Peiraia) and Piraeus Port Authority (Organismos Limenos Peiraios - OLP).
Vodafone Greece submitted a complete technological proposal following a competitive process and based on the needs and specifications requested by the two companies. This is the first time in Greece that a company uses a mobile network purely for its own private use, laying the foundations for an all-digital hub of international shipping in Piraeus, Vodafone said.
PPA and OLP sought a complete digital platform that would enable more service possibilities for companies in the port. Vodafone constructed and delivered this large project to the two companies in three months. This private network serves data traffic and covers all container stations and piers of Piraeus, offering a network capacity of 2.7Gbps to supports the port's supply chain and daily operations, such as loading and unloading, storage, accurate distribution.
This LTE network is enabled for the use of NB-IoT technology, offering the possibility of installing sensors for IoT applications. Thanks to the high response and zero-latency architecture of this network, it's possible to continuously transmit and process data in real time, while top security is achieved through additional protocols and thanks to the closed structure of the private network, Vodafone said.
