The NorthStar project, a joint lab run by Telia and Ericsson across Sweden, is an auspicious test bed for industrial 5G use cases. If the real promise of 5G is in these industrial applications, then this is one of Europe’s best bets at encouraging industry to take up the mantle. The project can also act as a blueprint for operators to offer similar public-private hybrid networks for industrial enterprise customers. Ericsson used its longstanding connection with regional operator Telia, as well as Sweden’s industrial giants, to get the NorthStar project off the ground, according to Andres Burgoa, the Head of Strategy, Northern and Central Europe at Ericsson, discussing commercial interest in the NorthStar project. “Telia and Ericsson have more than…