ABP to install 5G network at port of Southampton

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Associated British Ports (ABP) is working with Verizon Business on the installation of a private 5G telecommunications network at the port of Southampton on the UK south coast. It will make ABP the first mainland port operator in the UK to offer a private 5G network to its customers. 

Associated British Ports (ABP) is working with Verizon Business on the installation of a private 5G telecommunications network at the port of Southampton on the UK south coast. It will make ABP the first mainland port operator in the UK to offer a private 5G network to its customers. The wireless data network will cross selected areas within the port’s east and west docks. It is delivered in partnership with Nokia on the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud, an application platform providing fast, high-bandwidth, low-latency wireless connectivity and local edge computing.

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