Thames Freeport has already helped create more than 1,400 jobs and secured over £2.13bn of private investment since 2021.
The Verizon Business private 5G implementation is designed to establish a unified, industrial-grade wireless connectivity foundation for several economically critical port, logistics and manufacturing environments.
Geographically, the deployment spans five separate locations across the Thames Freeport district, each a private and independently operating tenant of the hub with distinct use cases for private 5G technology.
Commenting on the work at Thames Freeport, Robb Juliano, vice-president of 5G acceleration at Verizon Business, described the implementation as a “perfect reference point” for the versatility and scalability of private 5G across complex industrial sites.
“Together with Thames Freeport, we’re creating a digital foundation for automation, physical AI and future industrial growth to revitalise an entire economic region.