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BEACON-5G Workshop and End of Project Showcase Event Report

The BEACON-5G team organised a workshop and end of project showcase event aimed at exhibiting some of the key technological innovations for Open RAN. BEACON-5G is among the winners of the £30 million UK government funding, allocated as part of the Future Open RAN Competition (FRANC), to support 5G diversification strategy. 

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The River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region

Formed in 2019, the River Severn Partnership (RSP) brings together significant partners (26) across 8 counties. RSP covers more than 6,000 sq miles spanning both England and Wales. It is home to 2.6 million people and is projected to increase by 15% over the next 20 years to 2.9 million, equivalent to Greater Manchester.

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The Growing Sussex 5G Innovation Region

The food and wine growing region of Sussex presents fertile ground for growers and education centres to adopt foundational technologies in the sustainable intensification of their products, helping to achieve food security, reduce carbon and use energy efficiently. Sussex Councils are actively working with Growers and Education stakeholders, conducting research, understanding sector ambitions and current connectivity constraints.

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The Borderlands 5G Innovation Region

The Borderlands Partnership is a collaboration between the counties which make up the English and Scottish border. Rural tourism is a key part of the Borderlands economy: the region has fewer than 1 million residents but welcomed more than 63 million visits in 2019.

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The Ayrshire 5G Innovation Region

The Ayrshire 5G vision is to become the UK's premier manufacturing-focused 5G hub, driven by five transformative principles: technological excellence, a thriving innovation ecosystem, sustainable economic growth, skills and talent development, and influential investment strategies.

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The North East Combined Authority 5G Innovation Region

In a visionary move towards a digitally empowered future, the seven North East local authorities (LA7) are positioning the region at the forefront of advanced wireless connectivity.

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The Glasgow 5G Innovation Region

Glasgow City Region will utilise existing Internet of Things (IoT) deployments and smart city applications to identify, deliver and propagate use cases for utilising advanced wireless technologies and driving improvements in public and private sector service delivery.

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England’s Connected Heartland (ECH)

England’s Connected Heartland’s (ECH) implementation projects – designed to be replicable within the ECH region and across the UK – are focused on two vertical markets: Advanced Manufacturing and Transport/Rail. These industries can benefit significantly from advanced wireless connectivity; see the ECH website page on the benefits of 5G to find out more about the benefits. All of these benefits, such as operational efficiency, contribute to the broader goal of improving the economic prosperity of the region.

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The Greater Manchester 5G SMART Decarbonisation Network (GM 5G SDN)

The GM 5G SDN project focuses on how partners across Greater Manchester (GM) will tackle the drivers of climate breakdown at a city region level, accelerating decarbonisation, improving quality of life, and growing the Green Technologies and Services sector.

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The West Midlands 5G Innovation Region

By becoming a 5G Innovation Region, West Midlands will transform productivity, create skilled jobs, improve health and wellbeing, and reduce emissions in two of the region’s most important sectors, advanced manufacturing and smart communities, which covers social care, social housing, and other related local services.

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The Belfast 5G Innovation Region

The Belfast Region is contributing to Northern Ireland’s innovation economy by making targeted investments in initiatives that will accelerate the adoption and commercialisation of advanced wireless technologies.

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Unleashing the Power of AI in Telecoms

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is disrupting industry on a broad scale and telecoms is no exception, offering the potential to cut through network complexity, address new requirements, increase performance and enable automation.

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UKTIN: Unifying the buzzing telecoms sector, Issue 2

Welcome to the UKTIN quarterly review. In Issue 2, Nick Johnson talks about the great work that the UKTIN consortium is doing to accelerate the UK telecoms innovation engine, takes stock of the guidance given last time and whether we measured up and speculates about what there is to look forward to as we approach 2024.

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Innovate UK Analysis for Innovators Round 12 Stage 1 online briefing

As part of the Technology Missions Fund (TMF), the Government is making a substantial investment in Future Telecoms.

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New Digital Connectivity Readiness Index puts emphasis on digital adoption as England scores top

Analysis by connectivity experts FarrPoint provides a new benchmarking framework for public sector bodies, evaluating connectivity preparedness across the four UK nations.

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Join UKTIN's Wireless Networking experts to workshop latest research

Wireless networking is experiencing a period of exciting change with the development of new generations - from 5G to 6G, WiFi 6 and 7 - offering new use cases and business cases.

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Semiconductor UK Tour

The IfM Engage consortium has been commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to undertake a study into infrastructure to grow the UK semiconductor industry and a new strategic coordination function for the sector. Five capabilities are being considered as part of the proposed initiative:

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Dorset Open Networks Ecosystem (DONE)

The aim of the project is to further define the blueprint for rural connectivity by advancing development of open-source Radio Access Networks (RANs) and examining the use of technology alternatives to standard network equipment.

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Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council, working with Ontix, will be testing multi-functional smart lamp columns.

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Tees Valley Combined Authority

Tees Valley Combined Authority are leading a pilot to install multi-purpose smart columns.

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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames will test the procurement, installation and multiple use cases via the deployment of smart multi-purpose columns.

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Oxfordshire County Council

Oxfordshire County Council (OCC), in collaboration with Zeta Specialist Lighting (Zeta) and Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), will look to procure and install 10 smart poles throughout Oxfordshire, a measure that aligns with the government's strategy to incorporate advanced wireless infrastructure into the societal fabric by 2030.

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North Ayrshire Council

North Ayrshire Council aims to create a digitally advanced waterfront destination that drives economic growth and enhances the quality of life for residents and our visitor experience.