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.