Verizon Business, Thames Freeport complete one of Europe’s largest Private 5G implementations
Key Highlights
- ➤Private 5G spans five Thames Freeport locations across ports, logistics and manufacturing.
- ➤Thames Freeport has secured over £2.13 billion of private investment since 2021.
- ➤Thames Freeport targets up to £4.9 billion additional investment and 28,000 jobs by 2045.
- ➤Verizon named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 private mobile network Magic Quadrant.
- ➤Nokia Enterprise Campus Edge supplies hardware and software for the networks.
Expert Statements
Robb Juliano, Vice President of 5G Acceleration, Verizon Business
“The implementation at Thames Freeport is a perfect reference point for the versatility and scalability of private 5G across complex industrial sites: One commercial hub, five individual sites with unique needs, and a multitude of connected use cases”
Robb Juliano, Vice President of 5G Acceleration, Verizon Business
“Together with Thames Freeport, we’re creating a digital foundation for automation, physical AI, and future industrial growth to revitalize an entire economic region. Similar enterprises hosting multiple sites with complex and evolving needs -- especially as physical AI redefines industrial operations -- can lay the same private 5G foundation from which to build their own transformations.”
Tom White, Innovation and Skills Director, Thames Freeport
“This deployment gives our key sites a platform to innovate together while continuing to meet the realities of live industrial operations”
Tom White, Innovation and Skills Director, Thames Freeport
“It strengthens Thames Freeport’s ability to help businesses test, adopt and scale new technologies and helps us attract investment, accelerate innovation, and create high-value jobs.”
What you need to know: * Now live, the Verizon Private 5G infrastructure spans multiple sites including ports, logistics centers and manufacturing facilities, providing secure, AI-ready infrastructure for diverse operations and long-term economic benefit. * Thames Freeport is undergoing a multiphase use-case validation process to identify, trial, and validate Private 5G-enabled innovations benefiting site operations. * Verizon was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for 4G and 5G Private Mobile Network Services report this year, for the second year in a row. LONDON, Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Business and Thames Freeport today announced the completion of a multisite Private 5G platform across the Thames Freeport economic corridor, part of a multiyear, multibillion dollar operational transformation and economic revival for the region.
The Private 5G implementation establishes a unified, industrial-grade wireless connectivity foundation for several economically critical port, logistics, and manufacturing environments at one of the busiest maritime shipping hubs in the United Kingdom.
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