COUNTRY FOCUS : BELGIUM
“ Our growing network of Orange 5G Labs unlocks innovation from Paris to Bucharest and fosters collaboration across the ecosystem . 140 businesses have explored 5G in detail with us .
“ More than 40 have benefitted from complimentary customised support to prototype how 5G can support their own products or services to unlock value . We are thrilled to open our latest hub for co-innovation in Belgium – a market fully immersed in building ground-breaking 5G use-cases that will change how businesses operate .”
Since the Orange 5G Lab ’ s radio network is directly connected to the Orange 5G Core system , the development of new use cases in the Lab allows it to deploy and easily scale them to the customers ’ premises .
Benjamin Dalle , Flemish Minister of Youth , Brussels and Media , said : “ The fact that I can open this lab makes me very proud . Not only is this one of Orange ’ s first labs outside of France , this lab is unique in Belgium . It is the result of the extensive collaboration between the ecosystem in the port of Antwerp . It combines the best of two worlds : the full potential of Orange ’ s 5G test network can be used to valorise industrial processes and the economic know-how of the port companies in very specific use cases . With this , Flanders shows that we have a strong ecosystem at our disposal to valorise new technological applications as well . This is only possible due to the strong partnerships here at the port . That is also one of the objectives of the Flemish government : to further expand 5G in Flanders and put it on the map as a smart region with high-performance physical and digital infrastructure . It is one of the spearheads of our economic policy : ensuring that Flanders takes the lead in the transition to a digital society .” p
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