Transport & Logistics

England’s Connected Heartland (ECH) is the name of our 5G Innovation Region. Co-ordinated by Oxfordshire County Council, ECH is a partnership of nine councils in the heartland region. It encompasses Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Central Bedfordshire, and Cambridgeshire.

The CEDR project will host online expert workshops about Connected Vehicles and supporting PKI on 4th and 5th November, 09:00-11:00 both days (UK times), covering the topics:

Train Communications Systems Conference – meet everyone you need to meet in one place in 2024!

Don’t miss this annual, global, get-together focused directly on the problems of putting WiFi onto trains and building the track-side networks to support this.

The Wireless Networks in Ports Conference 2024 – PortComms 2024

5G Enablement Programme Development of a sustainable Belfast region (and NI wide) programme to foster the local advanced wireless ecosystem, drive adoption of advanced wireless technologies, and aggregate and demonstrate demand for investment in advanced wireless technologies.

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Cambridge Tech Week brings together world-leading experts, innovators and investors to fuel growth across the tech ecosystem, establishing Cambridge as a key place where global tech comes to meet.

GM 5G Innovation Region Programme Presentation as given at the UKTIN Clusters Forum Event

Connected Britain is the UK’s most important digital economy event, bringing together stakeholders from across the connectivity ecosystem. 

Embracing the quantum computing revolution is essential to addressing challenges and developing the next generation of intelligent transportation. 

MOVE is the world's #1 tech mobility event, bringing together the people and companies redefining mobility.

Unlike the move from 3G to 4G, the transition to 5G has been fairly seamless. It is expected that 5G coverage will have reached 60 per cent of the world’s population by 2026, making it the fastest ever mobile network deployment.

Comment piece by Paul Coffey, CEO, The Scotland 5G Centre

Enhanced connectivity for rural areas

5G will benefit our economy and society. It will be better at doing the things that 4G does already, but significantly it will offer faster and more reliable mobile internet. It will also do things that 4G cannot.

Introduction

The advantages of private cellular networks are well rehearsed – from data usage savings and enhanced traffic flow, to better control and information security.

The following information is the High Level Summary Report (October 2022) on the outcomes and findings from the West Mercia Rural 5G Project.