Orange Belgium is the first to launch a 5G testing hub for business in Belgium: the Orange Industry 4.0 Campus in the port of...
12 Diciembre 2019 - 4:27AM
Orange Belgium is the first to launch a 5G testing hub for business
in Belgium: the Orange Industry 4.0 Campus in the port of Antwerp
Press ReleaseBrussels, 12 December 2019
Today Orange Belgium is the first to
activate a 5G testing hub for business in Belgium. By creating an
open innovation hub, Orange Belgium will start using the full
potential of 5G technology together with industrial partners on
real-life applications. Thanks to the 5G testing network deployed
on the campus, the partners will benefit from a dedicated
connectivity and guaranteed quality of services required for
industrial use cases. Orange Belgium chose the region around the
port of Antwerp because of its industry and wide variety of testing
options.
This 5G testing network of Orange is the first
5G stand-alone architecture network in Belgium that will be used by
industrial partners. This means that 5G capacities are not just
added on top of regular 4G/3G technologies, but deployed as a
separate network enabling network slicing, very low latency and
massive IoT.
5G is the latest development in mobile networks,
that supplements and is compatible with previous generations (2G,
3G, 4G). It will provide various improvements (in terms of speed,
latency, reliability, scalability, flexibility, security, coverage
and capacity) allowing new uses for residential and business
customers, such as critical IoT, connected vehicles, eHealth,
industrial applications, etc. Beyond this technological
development, 5G will foster the digital transformation of most
economic sectors (health, transport, industrial production…).
For the Orange Industry 4.0 Campus, Orange
Belgium has chosen ZTE as a technical partner.
The Orange Industry 4.0 Campus illustrates the
possibilities of the 5G stand-alone technology in a highly
industrialized environment
At first, the Orange Industry 4.0 Campus is
powered by 7 sites in the area of the port of Antwerp. By the end
of April 2020, 14 sites will be on air, providing coverage in
different places in the region of the port of Antwerp (150km²). The
area is a great nest for such experimentations, as it welcomes
several large industrial players that could benefit from the
industrial applications of 5G. For now, the Flanders region is the
only region allowing such testing due to the environmental
regulation even if further improvements are needed. To roll-out 5G
nationwide, an updated regulation is mandatory.
Today Orange Belgium demonstrated a real-life
data connection with a download speed up to 1.42 Gbps, an uplink
speed up to 329 Mbps and a latency of 7 millisecond over the 5G end
to end technology.
Stefan Slavnicu, Chief Technology Officer at
Orange Belgium, reacts: “Today we can provide 5G stand-alone (SA)
connectivity in our 5G testing hub for business: this is the most
advanced version of 5G. It provides some of the key benefits of the
5G technology like very high throughput, low latency, enhanced
security for critical applications and network slicing for Public
& Private Networks, specifically needed to deploy industry 4.0
applications. Moreover, we will also use new generation antennas
which strongly increase the cell capacity and throughput. These
tests are a great opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of such
new technology for our B2B customers.”
The Orange Industry 4.0 Campus will enable
tailor-made connectivity adapted to specific requirements of new
innovative applications
Orange Belgium CEO Michaël Trabbia adds: “As a
Bold Challenger, also in the enterprise market, we are very proud
to open our Orange Industry 4.0 Campus in the port of Antwerp to
start testing 5G use cases that can benefit from the full potential
of 5G, needed to increase the competitiveness for business. Because
in the professional sphere, 5G will allow us to offer dedicated and
tailor-made connectivity adapted to specific requirements of new
innovative applications such as wireless manufacturing, real-time
automation, smart cities, Internet of Things… ”
Orange Belgium strongly believes in the
potential of 5G with regard to the development of new services that
will benefit for citizens and enterprises. To make it a success, an
evolution of the legal, regulatory and administrative framework as
well as the spectrum attribution for operators is still required.
The major investments from the operators will ensure a seamless
connectivity in areas that are essential to all users.
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About Orange BelgiumOrange Belgium is a leading
telecommunications operator on the Belgian market with over 3
million customers; Orange is also active in Luxembourg through its
subsidiary Orange Communications Luxembourg.As a convergent actor,
we provide mobile telecommunications services, internet and TV to
private clients as well as innovative mobile and fixed-line
services to businesses. Our high-performance mobile network
supports 2G, 3G, 4G and 4G+ technology and is the subject of
ongoing investment. Orange Belgium is a subsidiary of the Orange
Group, one of the leading European and African operators for mobile
telephony and internet access, as well as one of the world leaders
in telecommunications services for enterprises.Orange Belgium is
listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange (OBEL). More information on:
corporate.orange.be, www.orange.be or follow us on Twitter:
@pressOrangeBe.
Press contactYounes Al
Bouchouari – younes.albouchouari@orange.com - +32 477 69 87
73Annelore Marynissen – Annelore.marynissen@orange.com - +32 479
016 058press@orange.be
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