Private 5G network tested successfully at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games

A wireless network for major events massively reduces the amount of installation equipment transported and the manpower required. “At large sporting events, there can easily be around 40 lorries of equipment, including lots of cables. As well as heavy loads and more pollution, this also requires considerably more personnel. Our aim would be to send just the cameras, microphones, timing devices, and scoreboards, greatly reducing the number of colleagues, vehicles and containers to be moved,” explains Laurent Zwahlen, director of NuLink. This reduction in staff and equipment would result in substantial savings and lessen the environmental impact of such events. According to Jacques Bähler, a project lead at Swisscom, these tests show that a “wireless event” could be envisaged in the medium term with the installation of a private 5G antenna via SIM cards dedicated to this private network. “This prospect offers considerable advantages in terms of speed of implementation, and for sustainability in particular.”