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Liberty Global and Nokia open public 5G for smart-port apps in Antwerp

Liberty Global is working with Nokia to open up its Belgian subsidiary’s public 5G network to developers to deliver new enterprise applications for the Port of Antwerp. Telenet, owned by Liberty Global, is offering application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs) to...

Proximus preps private 5G testbed at Belgian hospital

Proximus NXT, the system integrator division of Belgian operator Proximus, is to deploy a private 5G network, in pilot form, at the AZ Groeninge hospital in Kortrijk, West Flanders, in Belgium. The “proposal”, as it stands, is to “test 5G applications in a real...

‘Tech-co first, telco second’ – private 5G firm Citymesh emerges as MNO for enterprises

On the face of it, the acquisition of local internet service provider EDPnet by Belgium-based Citymesh, which describes itself lately as a telco “challenger” brand in its home market, holds limited interest – to RCR’s enterprise readership, at least. But in ways, the deal...

Citymesh heads €3.9m EU smart-city project with 5G build in Belgium

Belgian private network provider and industrial connectivity specialist Citymesh has said its smart-city consortium project with the city of Wavre in Belgium has received a €3.9 million grant from the European Digital Fund to build a private 5G network to make the city, a...

BASF taps Citymesh for ‘first’ private 5G – as Belgium limbers up for Industry 4.0

German chemical company BASF is to deploy a private 5G network at a facility in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium with the help of local networking specialist Citymesh. The development, which actually follows a number of cellular-linked Industry 4.0 trials in the area,...

Citymesh and Sensolus strike two-way deal on Sigfox tracking in Belgium

Tracking provider Sensolus has moved its IoT estate onto Citymesh’s Sigfox network in Belgium. The move follows Citymesh’s 2021 purchase of the local Sigfox network from French multinational utility company ENGIE, which had managed the infrastructure in the country under the ENGIE M2M brand....

Citymesh snaps up Belgian Sigfox operator, as Sigfox seeks buyers in France and US

Busy Belgian private network provider and industrial connectivity specialist Citymesh has acquired local Sigfox operator ENGIE M2M. The firm said the addition of ultra-narrowband (UNB) low-power IoT connectivity rounds-out its wireless portfolio for enterprises, which includes localised LTE and 5G connectivity in its own...

Citymesh strikes MVNO deal with Proximus to take private 5G nationwide in Belgium

Private cellular specialist Citymesh has struck a deal with Proximus to offer mobile and fixed telecom services on the Proximus network in Belgium, running alongside localised cellular services in its own spectrum.  The agreement on mobile services extends to a wholesale-based mobile virtual network operator...