8 August 2024 | Barcelona, Spain 

• The company - which connects more than one billion people worldwide – is not afraid to fund highly ambitious, mission-critical projects and is investing €300 million globally in private networks alone, with a significant focus on Spain.
• Boldyn Networks brings extensive expertise in neutral host networks with a single purpose: to unlock the power of an interconnected future.
• In Spain, it has already deployed the first private 5G network in the chemical industry at the BASF facility (Tarragona) and oversees other networks in leading companies in the Spanish market.
• Internationally, it has carried out major projects such as the world's leading mobile connectivity system in the London Underground and the deployment of the first ever private 5G SA network in a European operating hospital.

Boldyn Networks (Boldyn), one of the world's largest providers of shared network infrastructure and Europe's pioneer in private networks with more than 60 deployments, is accelerating Spain’s digital transformation through capital investment and unparalleled experience in bespoke networks for complex environments. Majority owned by CPP Investments, Boldyn Networks brings a wealth of expertise in advanced connectivity with a single purpose: to unlock the power of an interconnected future.

With a presence in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Italy, France and Hong Kong, Boldyn's investment in Spain is part of its European expansion plan.

Boldyn offers Private 5G as a service, which includes bespoke design, building, maintenance and funding of the Private 5G networks for its customers. This is rather unique, enabling enterprises to start reaping the benefits of the Private 5G networks, without upfront capital investments, and relying on Boldyn experts to provision the service. Boldyn has unique expertise in connecting highly complex places like port hubs and heavy industry sites with state-of-the-art technology, including private 5G networks, fibre, DAS, small cells and beyond.

Mikko Uusitalo, CEO Private Networks Europe at Boldyn Networks, said: ‘We are well on our way to achieving our goal: to become the world's leading private networks provider for the most challenging environments. This is only possible with the backing of a company of global scale like Boldyn Networks, which also has the best talent in the industry and decades of experience in working with public and private customers to solve their connectivity needs with reliable shared networks’.

 Commitment to the Spanish market

Boldyn Networks has already deployed the first private 5G network in the chemical industry in Spain. Specifically, at the BASF’s facilities in Tarragona, to improve connectivity, process optimisation and traffic throughout the 100-hectare plant.

For David de Celis, Country Manager for Spain at Boldyn Networks, ‘Spain is a very important country in our strategic plan to offer cutting-edge connectivity solutions to enterprise customers and to support them with their digitalisation process. The collaboration with BASF represents a significant milestone for our company’.

Boldyn also oversees the private 5G network of the world’s leader in automotive technology for smart and sustainable mobility, in addition to the deployment of other networks with leading companies in the Spanish market.

David de Celis said: ‘We are enabling Spanish enterprises to reliably connect devices, assets and people, as a foundation for enterprise digital transformation. In practice, enterprises seek to replace or complement Public networks, that may lack coverage or capacity for critical applications, to complement Wi-Fi or to replace their legacy voice communication. We are offering customers to acquire Private 5G as a service, which includes bespoke service based on monthly fees, and without upfront capital investment. This offering is quite unique. It provides more flexibility for the enterprises and enables them to retain capital for investments into their core business activities.  – which accelerates their digital transformation.’

Enterprises typically choose Private 5G networks over (or to complement) Wi-Fi, to improve coverage and capacity (especially outdoors), improve handover for their mobile devices and applications (like AGVs), to gain sufficient capacity for data gathering from vast number of sensors and cameras and to improve security and reliability.

Spain plays a leading role in the company's European expansion plans and the development of smart cities across the continent. Through its agreement with Roma Capitale the company is  implementing #Roma5G , an ambitious project to help the Italian capital become at the forefront of connected, digital, and sustainable smart cities in Europe.

In addition, Boldyn is implementing the first ever private 5G SA network in an operating European hospital in Oulu, Finland, where use cases such as sending medical images and test results in real-time for diagnostic monitoring for the benefit of patients, among others, will be deployed.

Unstoppable growth

Just in the past year it has received multiple industry awards for its acquisitions and business integrations including recognition from TMT M&A Awards USA 2023. ‘We are very proud of the work our team is doing, from connecting industry to enabling interconnected transport and creating smart cities around the world,’ added David de Celis.

Today Boldyn's global track record includes 300 connected public venues, 6 public transport systems (New York, London, Rome, San Francisco, Seattle and Hong Kong), more than 60 private network deployments for critical business operations, connectivity solutions at 82 US military bases and more than 350 connected university campuses, among others.