Ericsson and UK incumbent BT Group have announced a multimillion dollar partnership to provide 5G private networks for the UK market, targeting the manufacturing, defense, education, retail, healthcare, transport and logistics sectors in particular. The news came hard on the heels of BT’s announcement that it would invest more than $100m over the next three years in its Division X unit to accelerate the development of enterprise customer solutions that incorporate 5G as well as emerging technologies such as IoT, edge compute, cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). “This UK first we have signed with Ericsson is a huge milestone and will play a major role in enabling businesses’ transformation, ushering in a new era of hyper-connected spaces,” said…