Nokia claims Europe’s largest private 5G network, in Calais A private industrial 5G network in Europe has opened in Calais, France, comprising 59 small cell antennas to cover a 50,000 square-metre production site belonging to Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN). This site belongs to Nokia, which also supplied the technology with the claim it has become Europe’s largest private 5G network to date. Nokia worked with French MNO Iliad and enterprise service provider Free Pro, both part of Iliad Group, along with France-based Industry 4.0 consultancy and integration specialists Sopra Steria and BSCA. The project is described as a key element and concrete step in ASN’s Industry 4.0 initiative to modernise its industrial processes, optimise operational performance, and improve working conditions…