India, Oct. 7 -- Tidal Wave Technologies and Consort Digital completed a proof of concept for 5G-based mission-critical communications at the Amlohri Coal Mine on 6 October 2025. The pilot tied Consort's MCX ONE mission-critical platform to a private 5G network provided by Tidal Wave and ran live tests with drones, cameras and environmental sensors on site. The companies framed the effort as the first field demonstration of its kind for mines in India.

The trial validated interoperability and system readiness by connecting devices from multiple original equipment manufacturers and operating MCX services over a private 5G core. Operators tested voice, video, and data flows between edge devices and the MCX ONE core to check end-to-end beha...