Andorix Joins CENGN, Morguard, and Nokia to Bring Canada’s First In-Building Private 5G to Smart Buildings

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Canada’s First In-Building Private 5: Andorix Joins CENGN’s Smart Building Living Lab

At Andorix, we are committed to shaping the future of connected buildings by delivering converged, neutral-host digital infrastructure that enables innovation at scale. We are proud to announce that Andorix will integrate and manage Canada’s first in-building private 5G implementation as part of CENGN’s Smart Building Living Lab, in partnership with Nokia as the technology provider and Morguard as the facilities provider.

A National Initiative Driving Canadian Innovation

This Living Lab is part of CENGN’s broader Living Lab Initiative, supported by a $45 million investment from the Government of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund. The program is designed to help more than 100 Canadian startups and scaleups test, validate, and accelerate their technologies to market. Through partnerships like this, CENGN is creating authentic, real-world environments where innovators can bring advanced solutions to life with confidence, speed, and scalability.

A Landmark for Smart Buildings

Spanning a mix of commercial, residential, and retail properties, including Morguard’s Place Innovation in Montreal, The Bay Club in Toronto, and St. Laurent Shopping Centre in Ottawa, this initiative represents the first in-building private 5G spectrum deployment in Canada. With support from Nokia’s Digital Automation Cloud (DAC), fibre Passive Optical Network (PON), and Optical LAN technologies, these Smart Building Living Labs will provide the advanced connectivity needed to enable next-generation use cases such as:

Smart energy management
Predictive maintenance and safety systems
Enhanced security applications
Tenant experience innovations powered by IoT, robotics, and applied AI

Andorix’s Role: Integrating and Managing the Digital Foundation

As the neutral-host, converged network provider, Andorix is responsible for integrating and managing the digital infrastructure that powers these Living Labs. This includes providing the network foundation that enables smart building solution providers, sensor vendors, and AI innovators to test and validate their technologies in a live private 5G environment. By opening up this ecosystem, the Living Lab creates opportunities for startups and vendors to move beyond pilots and into practical, scalable deployment.

Andorix is proud to be part of Canada’s first private 5G Smart Building implementation with CENGN, Nokia and Morguard. Spanning a mix of commercial, residential, and retail properties, this initiative marks the country’s first in-building private 5G network deployment and provides a unique opportunity to learn how 5G can be applied in real-world environments. By integrating private 5G across diverse property types, we can expand the ecosystem of supported devices and help advance the most promising projects that bridge emerging technologies with practical implementation.

– Wayne Kim, CEO of Andorix

Shaping the Future of Real Estate

This project is not only about testing new technologies, it’s about preparing Canada’s real estate sector for the future. For property owners, in-building private 5G offers a way to future-proof assets, unlock new tenant services, and improve operational efficiency, while for innovators it provides a proving ground that accelerates commercialization. Together with CENGN, Nokia, and Morguard, Andorix is proud to help define the next chapter of Canada’s technology landscape, bridging emerging innovation with real-world application through the country’s first in-building private 5G implementation.