The Whitebox Solutions for network communications, security, IoT and software defined networking company Lanner Electronics (TAIX 6245) is joining hands with Trilogy Network’s Rural Cloud Initiative to support its Distributed Cloud Platform for Rural America. This partnership will bring data collection, compute and transport at the edge and dramatically reduce communication latency and CAPEX/OPEX required for the 5G workload-intensive data processing and analytics.

“Over the the past four years, Lanner has been working with our ecosystem partners to build the most comprehensive edge compute platforms designed for SDN and IIoT infrastructure in private 5G Networks. The collaboration with the Rural Cloud Initiative will accelerate the deployment of cloud-based technology in far edge settings,” says Sven Freudenfeld, CTO, Lanner Electronics Telecom Application Business Unit.

We are delighted to partner with Lanner on this important initiative

Trilogy’s Rural Cloud Initiative is formed to bring together an ecosystem of technology providers, wired and wireless service providers and application developers to extend the power of IoT and AI to underserved rural markets. In the first phase, Rural Cloud Initiative will use edge computing and 5G public and private wireless to support precision agriculture with real-time data collection and analysis from connected IoT devices. This will help Trilogy achieve the goal of doubling the crop output over the next few decades with no increase in land, water or cost as Rural Cloud Initiative’s mission is to ensure the integrity and dramatically increase the productivity of the US food supply chain and become even more critical in the current pandemic environment.

“The Rural Cloud Initiative is focusing the world’s greatest technology leaders on transforming the way we produce food in America. Lanner and it’s ecosystem of partners will dramatically advance the edge play, and this is far broader than just agriculture – the rural applications for IIoT connectivity cuts across many vertical sections. We are delighted to partner with Lanner on this important initiative,” says George Woodward, CEO, Trilogy Networks and board member on the US Precision Agriculture Connectivity Task Force.