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Verizon Wins Private 5G Contract for UK's Thames Freeport
- On June 25, 2025, Verizon Business, Nokia, and Thames Freeport announced a collaboration to roll out private 5G networks at several important industrial and port locations throughout the River Thames Estuary region in the United Kingdom.
- This partnership follows Thames Freeport's 2021 establishment as a UK Free Trade Zone aimed at economic growth and job creation within one of Britain's busiest maritime and industrial corridors.
- Nokia will supply the complete hardware and software infrastructure for the private 5G networks, enabling sophisticated industrial functions such as AI-powered data analysis, automated vehicle management, and dynamic coordination of logistics operations.
- David de Lancellotti of Nokia said the network will support advanced use cases including "predictive maintenance," "process automation," and "safety monitoring," reflecting a multibillion-dollar regional transformation effort.
- This initiative is expected to underpin regional economic revitalization by enhancing port operations, fostering innovation, and supporting up to 5,000 jobs by 2030 in the Thames Freeport area.
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Verizon wins private 5G contract for UK's Thames Freeport
Verizon Business has won a contract to build multiple private 5G networks at Thames Freeport, one of Britain's busiest shipping and logistics centers, the U.S. telecom giant said on Wednesday.The deal, in partnership with Finland's Nokia, will see Verizon deploy private 5G networks across multiple industrial
Nokia and Verizon secure deal to provide 5G to UK FTZ
Verizon Business and Nokia recently secured a deal to provide 5G networks to multiple logistics, manufacturing and innovation sites across Thames Freeport. Thames Freeport will use the operator’s private 5G networks to improve port operations with AI-based data analytics, autonomous vehicle control, real-time logistics orchestration and research and development. Nokia is the hardware and software vendor for the networks, which includes its digit…
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