The solution is already being tested by a water utility in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and addresses one of the biggest challenges in the water industry: a secure and efficient central orchestration of distributed infrastructure, from pumping stations and reservoirs to water towers and water treatment plants. Until now, many water utilities had to spend lots of effort for monitoring, control and connectivity, which is often time-consuming, costly and requires complex individual solutions. With the new connectivity solution from Siemens and O2 Telefónica, water utilities can easily and securely connect their entire infrastructure via 5G network slicing technology and integrate additional sites into their network faster.
