The business arm of US wireless carrier UScellular has installed a private 5G network at KPMG’s customer co-creation centre at its headquarters in Chicago. The venue, dubbed the Ignition Center, measures 30,000 square feet and houses KPMG’s technology solutions teams. The new 5G network “creates an innovative digital lab experience” for KPMG’s clients to test out new Industry 4.0 solutions, said the pair.
KPMG is looking to develop IoT-based digital-change solutions for manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution. A statement said: “This includes connecting manufacturing facilities with sensors, machine learning, artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), and autonomous robotics.” KPMG talked up the importance of an “integrated experience between public and private cellular networks”.
