Orange Industry 4.0 Campus welcomes co-innovation of Port of Antwerp, Borealis, Covestro and other industrial partners, maxim...
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Orange Industry 4.0 Campus welcomes co-innovation of Port of
Antwerp, Borealis, Covestro and other industrial partners,
maximizing 5G potential in the port of Antwerp
Press ReleaseBrussels, 22 January 2020
Orange Industry 4.0 Campus welcomes co-innovation of
Port of Antwerp, Borealis, Covestro and other industrial partners,
maximizing 5G potential in the port of Antwerp
Orange Belgium 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.
Orange Industry 4.0 Campus industrial partners
to demonstrate the possibilities of 5G stand-alone technology
Using the full potential of 5G in Orange
Belgium’s test network, different real-life and business-critical
applications will be built and tested in an industrial environment,
including connected tugboats and Smart Field Operators:
- The vessels towing process of connected
tugboats will be enhanced thanks to real time broadcasting of
mobile radar images to the control room, sent by high level
definition embedded cameras. These cameras can be remote controlled
in real time.
- For Smart Field Operators, mission critical
communications need a guaranteed preemption priority to increase
the worker’s security in case of alert. These field operators
will receive real time and rich technical information about
equipment to be operated or maintained, by visualizing a digital
twin of the infrastructure they’re working on. Remote assistance
from the control center will also be eased by real time transfer of
images from the field to increase the worker’s safety.
Another use case is the automated contaminant
tracker that securely sends images of suspect production samples
through 5G connection to a specific user within the cloud for
further analysis.
Werner De Laet, Orange Belgium’s Chief
Enterprise Officer, says: “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. So we are absolutely thrilled with the response we have
received from the industrial partners within the Port of Antwerp.
Now that this 5G industrial ecosystem is up and running, we will
share its progress with the public by the end of June. As such,
even if regulatory and legal changes remain necessary, Orange
Belgium will continue to play its role of bold challenger on the
business market.”
Tim Paridaens, Internet of Things leader at
Deloitte Belgium says, "At Deloitte, we strongly believe that 5G's
new business standards will pave the way for a whole host of new
applications, allowing for industrial-scale IoT networks in
factories, warehouses, ports, and more. This unique initiative will
provide a real-world test bed, prove the value potential for
business and steer technical and business decision-making towards a
connected, digital and 5G-enabled future."
Erwin Verstraelen, Chief Digital Information
& Innovation Officer at Port of Antwerp adds, “Sensors, smart
cameras, remote-controlled ships, autonomous vehicles and drones
are all innovative technologies with business potential for the
wider port area. What they all have in common is their need for
reliable network connectivity: today 4G, tomorrow 5G. Since 5G is
not 4G plus 1, we need to learn in a relevant context. Therefore,
the Port of Antwerp welcomes the consortium to leverage our port as
an innovation platform where relevant 5G use cases can be tested.
This will guarantee fast deployment once regular 5G is
available.”
Logistics operator Katoen Natie has already
agreed to join in a second wave.
A special summit will be organized in
June to share the first Industrial 4.0 applications to the Antwerp
port ecosystem and the wider regional and Belgian economy as well
as the Telecommunication Industry.
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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:
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