Over more than a decade, the promises of industrial automation, artificial intelligence (“AI”), Machine to Machine (“M2M”) communications and the overall Industrial Internet of Things (“IIoT”) have inundated energy companies with grand visions of a “Digital Oilfield”. Many of these advancements have been made under the stress of falling oil prices, industry downturns, and now...
Read MoreIn today’s market, energy companies are pushing towards a leaner, and consequently more tech savvy oilfield. Mark Lacour, host of Oil and Gas Global Networks, the largest energy podcast in the world, sat down with INET CEO Mark Slaughter and CTO Stan Hughey last month to discuss INET’s 5G projects in the Permian and how the digitalization of the...
Read MoreClick Here to view the video interview on HartEnergy.com Hart Energy: What was the driving force behind forming this company? Share a little history with us if you will. Mark Slaughter: I joined this past year, but the company Infrastructure Networks was formed in 2011 around a value proposition of serving oil and gas customers...
Read MoreThe company covers 130,000 square miles of US territory with high-speed mobile data services. It owns vast stretches of 700MHz spectrum licenses. It counts around 80 employees managing around 100 cell towers transmitting 4G LTE signals from Nokia AirScale equipment. It’s a privately held company called Infrastructure Networks, and it’s not in the mobile phone...
Read MoreJan. 5, 2020, the Houston Chronicle featured INET on the cover of their Business Section in the Sunday print. In this feature, the Chronicle highlights INET’s work in the oilfield and journey to build the first 5G-enabled oil drilling site in the Permian. Read the story: Connectivity in the Permian Oil Patch
Read MoreTelecommunication companies will spend the next 12 months rolling out 5G service for cell phone users across the United States while a Houston company seeks to become the first to provide the ultra high-speed technology to oil and gas industry customers in the Permian Basin, the nation’s largest and busiest oil field. Headquartered in Houston’s...
Read MoreHOUSTON Infrastructure Networks, Inc. (INET) recently announced that the company is dedicating money raised during their first ever Customer Satisfaction Program to benefit Oilfield Helping Hands (OHH), a nonprofit charitable organization that helps oilfield families in financial crisis.
Read More“Infrastructure Networks, a Houston provider of broadband wireless networks and high-speed internet service to the energy industry, has expanded its coverage into remote areas of New Mexico and Oklahoma.
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