A government-backed UK 5G testbed will be up and running in April, enabling trials of applications and use cases delivered by the next-generation technology. The project, which involved the deployment of a pilot network by King’s College London, the University of Surrey and the University of Bristol, is backed by £16 million of funding from […]
Smartlamppost is an emergent product which aims at solving smart cities’ ability to grow and scale efficiently. According to its needs, it leverages urban furniture to elegantly provide (1) telecommunication capabilities, (2) EV-charging stations and (3) edge computing capabilities, providing a platform for innovative solutions to unfold, fostering a rich ecosystem of partnerships between different […]
Italtel participated at 5G Summit Trento, University of Trento, in the first time the event was organized in Italy. IEEE 5G Summits are organized by IEEE Communication Society within a strategic framework based on the principles that embrace Industry’s interests and priorities, while integrating IEEE and ComSoc’s objectives. This one day summit provided a platform for […]
Smart City Expo World Congress, the leading international event on smart cities will host on 2018 its eighth edition under the theme Cities To Live In to underline the ultimate and common goal of making cities better places to live in. From November 13 to 15, Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue will host the bigger edition […]
Researchers at the University of Bristol have demonstrated what they claim is the world’s first end-to-end 5G urban network. The university’s Smart Internet Lab has used technology from American semiconductor firm Xilinx to develop a “flexible and programmable 5G testbed”. It consists of 5G NR radio heads that are connected to a virtualised baseband pool. […]
Stefano Pileri, CEO of Italtel talks about a market that is finally giving signs of liveliness. A market where the new Italtel-Exprivia looks to the world of 5G networks as a strategic part of the business, precisely and in the country. “Our 5G applications enable the ability to share content at the edge of the network by speeding up the sharing of the […]
Italy, Portugal, and Australia are each setting the stage for 5G cellular network launches in 2019, as regulators in each country have announced near-term plans to auction 5G-specific radio spectrum to mobile carriers. The regulatory moves follow last week’s 5G legislative agreements in the United States and European Union, demonstrating how countries are moving to hasten availability […]
From the Orkney Islands to the West of England, the six projects led by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), universities and local authorities represent the best of UK innovation, resources and expertise. They will test 5G across a range of applications, including smart farming with drones, using the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) to improve healthcare […]
Be part of the future before it happens – Watershed and the Smart Internet Lab at the University of Bristol invite you to explore the future potential of the next generation wireless connectivity (5G) with this weekend of free events in Millennium Square and We The Curious. There will be spectacular 3D-like projections, a gorgeous virtual reality dance piece, a […]
The 5G City #1 Newsletter is ready to present the Horizon 2020 project to build and deploy a common, multi-tenant, open platform that extends the (centralized) cloud model to the extreme edge of the network, with a demonstration in three different cities (Barcelona, Bristol and Lucca), and thus advance the state of the art to […]