Leading telecom service provider VodafoneIdea (Vi) Tuesday, announced the partnership with Larsen and Toubro Smart World & Communication (L&T SWC) to establish a use case for a private LTE enterprise network in India.

Both companies will carry out an accelerated ‘proof of concept’ at group business L&T Heavy Engineering’s ‘A M Naik Heavy Engineering Complex’ at Hazira in Surat, Gujarat.

L&T SWC and Vi have also partnered to trial 5G use cases in the areas of public safety, smart and connected health, as part of ongoing trials on the government-allocated 5G spectrum. Both companies have collaborated to test and validate 5G use cases built on IoT (internet of things) and video AI technologies using L&T’s Smart City platform.

“We believe private enterprise networks are here to stay, proliferate and help transform businesses on the Industry 4.0 growth path. We are excited about this technology and the promise it holds, and, along with our partners Vodafone Idea, are betting big on digitising Indian enterprises,” said JD Patil, Whole Time Director and Senior Executive Vice-President, Defence and Smart Technologies, Larsen & Toubro.

According to a press note, the trials allow Vodafone Idea and its partners to develop India-specific private LTE (long-term evolution — a standard for wireless broadband communication) use cases with efficient utilisation of spectrum.