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Reimagining customer engagement with personalized, connected experiences that build trust and long-term value.

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Turning ideas into scalable digital solutions—accelerating transformation through design, technology, and engineering excellence.

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Redefining mobility hubs with digital innovation to create smarter, sustainable experiences for people and businesses on the move.

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Building resilient, intelligent supply networks that anticipate change and deliver efficiency with purpose.

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Physical AI

Physical AI gives machines, robots and physical operations the ability to perceive their environment, decide what matters and act in real time. Factories, plants, stores and infrastructure become systems able to sense conditions, learn from them and improve on their own, closing the gap between the physical and the digital world.

Next-Gen Infrastructure

From networks as infrastructure to connected platforms that enable critical, autonomous and intelligent operations.

Retail

From satisfaction surveys to EBITDA: closing the loop on customer pain points

A department store retailer in Mexico turned a biannual NPS programme into a closed-loop customer listening mechanism, connecting feedback to pain-point initiatives and incremental EBITDA.

From satisfaction surveys to EBITDA: closing the loop on customer pain points

Retail

Unified returns management

A retailer processing more than two million returns a year moved from channel-specific workflows toward one digital returns system. The initiative connects request creation, status tracking and routing across sales and return channels.

Unified returns management

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Fraport Case Study NTT

At Germany’s largest airport, the network has to extend far beyond terminal buildings. Fraport needed a secure, reliable way to connect 2,500 hectares of runways, apron, perimeter and operational zones, including areas beneath aircraft where Wi-Fi coverage can fail. A private 5G network now provides the communications foundation for transmitting large volumes of data in real time and supporting the airport’s next phase of operational optimization.

Elevated view across a major international airport, with aircraft, terminal piers, service roads and ground vehicles spread across the apron.

2,500 hectares

Airport-wide private coverage

Real-time data

High-volume transmission enabled

Low latency

Responsive airside connectivity

Moving assets

Vehicles and equipment connected

Airport operations coordinator communicates with ground teams during an active aircraft turnaround with service vehicles on the apron.

Private 5G serves as the network base for Fraport AG’s future development

A secure, high-bandwidth private 5G network connects the airport’s airside environment and creates a controlled foundation for AI, IoT and automation.

Critical airport operations needed one secure communications layer across buildings, apron, runway, perimeter and hard-to-reach zones beneath aircraft.

Objectives

Fraport set out to create a future-ready network base for optimizing operations across Frankfurt Airport. As the operator of critical infrastructure, it needed to retain control of the complete data flow, protect operational information and support reliable communication between the many organizations that keep the airport moving safely. The network also had to handle large volumes of data in real time across the full airfield, without relying on extensive new cabling.

Opportunity

Private 5G gives Fraport a platform on which to combine AI, IoT, sensors and cameras as new operational use cases mature. The source identifies planned possibilities such as drones that monitor the airport perimeter and relay camera feeds to the command center, as well as sensor, camera and AI capabilities for detecting foreign objects on the apron. The same network can also give airlines, ground handlers and other airport partners a controlled way to connect moving assets and improve their own processes. These use cases are presented as future or planned opportunities, not as completed outcomes.

Connecting an airport where every movement depends on trusted information

Frankfurt Airport brings together airlines, air traffic control, police authorities, the airport fire department, ground handlers and many other operators across a large, safety-critical site. The initiative had to extend secure connectivity beyond buildings, carry growing volumes of operational data and remain reliable around aircraft, vehicles and equipment.

Key Challenges

Airport maintenance technician inspects equipment beneath an aircraft wing beside the landing gear on the apron.

1: Airfield-wide reach
The network needed to cover 2,500 hectares, including apron, runway and perimeter areas. Aircraft structures can block Wi-Fi, leaving technicians beneath the wings with unreliable connectivity.

Network technician checks a secured telecommunications cabinet beside a restricted airport apron with aircraft in the background.

2: Control of critical data
Fraport needed to keep the complete data flow within a secure environment and meet the European data safety requirements referenced in the source.

Mounted camera and sensor equipment overlook an active airport apron with aircraft, ground crews and service vehicles.

3: Real-time data capacity
IoT devices and operational use cases can generate large data volumes that must move in real time. Extending wired connectivity across the airfield would have been expensive and impractical.

Ground crews and safety personnel coordinate around a passenger aircraft during an evening turnaround at the terminal.

4: Coordination across moving operations
Multiple organizations must exchange accurate, current information to keep airport activity safe and smooth, while vehicles and other equipment continue to move across the site.

Solution

A private 5G foundation designed around the airfield

NTT DATA supported Fraport from site and building surveys through architecture design and the implementation of the required software and hardware infrastructure. The resulting private 5G environment combines broad coverage, controlled data flows, low latency, high bandwidth and mobility for operational assets.

Site-led network design

Surveyed airport buildings and outdoor operational areas, then designed and implemented a private 5G architecture that covers the full airport, including zones beneath aircraft wings.

A controlled private environment

Established a secure network that keeps Fraport in control of its data flow. The source states that the implemented network meets European data safety requirements.

Low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity

Implemented the software and hardware foundation required to transmit large volumes of data in real time, with the reliability associated with a cabled network and without extensive airfield cabling.

Mobility built into the platform

Enabled connectivity for people, vehicles and airport equipment in motion, creating a network base for current operational communication and future AI and IoT use cases.

Impact

A connected foundation for safer, more responsive airport operations

Private 5G now provides coverage across the airport, including beneath aircraft wings where Wi-Fi could not reliably reach. The network can transmit large data volumes in real time and connect moving vehicles and equipment, giving Fraport and its airport partners a stronger communications base for reacting to operational situations. It also provides the secure, low-latency and high-bandwidth foundation needed to explore further optimization and automation. The source does not quantify improvements in processing time, cost, safety performance or operational throughput.

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