Texas Energy Network (TEN) has annnounced plans to deploy 4G technology to benefit Oil and Gas companies growing data requirements.

Texas Energy Network (TEN) has annnounced plans to deploy 4G technology to benefit Oil and Gas companies growing data requirements. TEN will hold a major demonstration in New Mexico in conjunction with Alcatel-Lucent.

TEN plans to use LTE as the core technology behind a national wireless broadband network dedicated to and designed around the needs of remote critical infrastructure companies, initially the oil and gas industry.

Alcatel-Lucent will provide all the wireless technology for the end-to-end LTE network using its LTE on Wheels truck. The demo will show a live LTE network with working data devices such as laptops with 1 Mbps data uplink speeds. Using this technology, the network could be connected directly to an oil site sensor or linked to a monitoring camera on a pipeline sending back live video images.

According to Stanley Hughey, Chief Technology Officer of TEN, TEN’s goal is to provide a single, carrier grade, end-to-end, IP only service that will transit data from remote field locations. 

In addition, TEN will deploy CICI (Critical Infrastructure Control Interface). This interface will offer a portal to TEN customers allowing them to monitor, set and control the policies associated with every end-point device they have deployed on the TEN network.

Texas Energy Network is a newly formed company founded by Houston resident, Greg Casey formerly head of Qwest Communications’ 5 billion dollar a year wholesale business.