Orange Belgium said it is now welcoming its first wave of industrial partners to the Orange Industry 4.0 Campus for business.
The Port of Antwerp, the chemical company Borealis and high-tech polymer manufacturer Covestro started to co-innovate to developing real-life applications, maximizing the full potential of 5G at Orange Belgium’s testing hub.
Deloitte Belgium will advise the community on shaping and realizing the business potential of this 5G innovation hub. With Orange’s 5G testing network being deployed on the campus, industrial partners will benefit from dedicated connectivity and a guaranteed service quality appropriate for their specific use cases.
Orange Belgium launched this 5G testing network in Antwerp in late 2019 and it is the country’s first 5G stand-alone architecture network. It is now available for use by Orange’s industrial partners, who will benefit from 5G’s full potential: dedicated and tailor-made connectivity adapted to the specific requirements of new innovations such as wireless manufacturing and real-time automation. As Orange Belgium is not just adding 5G capacities on top of the existing 4G/3G technologies, it is deploying a separate network enabling network slicing, very low latency and massive IoT in the port of Antwerp region, enabling the various industry stakeholders to enjoy unmatched performance, reliability and security.
Werner De Laet, Orange Belgium's Chief Enterprise Officer
Now that we provide 5G stand-alone (SA) connectivity in our 5G testing hub for business, we offer our partners dedicated and tailor-made connectivity, adapted to the specific demands of innovative new applications such as wireless manufacturing, real-time automation, smart cities and the Internet of Things.
