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Rural Connectivity
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Event | 29 Aug 2024
UK SPF Cluster 1 Workshop: Future spectrum demand for Indoor connectivity
Join the UK SPF Cluster 1 for an exclusive event dedicated to examining the evolving landscape of indoor connectivity and its future demand. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the need for robust and reliable indoor networks is more crucial than ever before for both consumers and enterprises.
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Event | 05 Aug 2024
A3 Scotland 2024
Highlands and Islands Enterprise alongside Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) are thrilled to be hosting A3 Scotland 2024: Transition to Digital – Fit for the Future
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Event | 07 Jun 2024
Cambridge Tech Week 2024
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.
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Event | 29 May 2024
Connected Britain 2024
Connected Britain is the UK’s most important digital economy event, bringing together stakeholders from across the connectivity ecosystem.
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Resource | 21 Nov 2023
Dorset: From 5G testbed to innovation ecosystem
Dorset's vision is to be the UK’s leading rural location for digital innovation, showing how more remote locations can support innovation, tackle society’s grand challenges and turbocharge the UK economy.
Download to learn more about the advanced connectivity opportunities in Dorset.
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Event | 25 Oct 2023
5G Private Networks - A One Day Primer
Introduction
In this 1-day short course we present the key know-how and operational information on Private 5G Networks, considering key topics from radio frequency spectrum to radio units (RU), from user equipment to use cases, and from 5G core to the cloud and the edge.
Project | 26 Sep 2023
Dorset Open Networks Ecosystem (DONE)
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Event | 13 Sep 2023
5G Techritory Forum
The 5G Techritory platform is an initiative to bring together the key players in 5G development with the goal of developing a robust and aligned 5G Ecosystem in Europe and beyond.
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Event | 12 Sep 2023
The Future of Investment in the UK's Digital Infrastructure
This will be an event exclusively for our members and supporters to attend in the Terrace Pavilion at the House of Commons.
The event is kindly hosted by the Rt. Hon. Mark Tami MP.
Panel members confirmed are;
• Rob Kenny-Co- founder of Communication chambers
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
The future of farming, with 5G: Agritech lessons from 5G RuralDorset
Against the backdrop of massive industry change, including ambitions to meet net zero, worldwide food production pressures and increasing UK food security concerns due to Ukraine’s ongoing invasion, our farming communities are in a challenging period.
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
Telecoms Trailblazers: A day in the life of Ian Smith
Hello, my name is Ian Smith and I am the Chief Technology Officer at Quickline Communications. I am responsible for our technological-related decisions across our customer-facing network and internal IT systems.
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
MEC (Multi-Access Edge Computing) Commonly called “Mobile Edge Computing”
MEC is an idea for network architectures that brings what are normally described as cloud computing services to the “edge” of a mobile network – generally at the base station, or at a point of aggregation of several base stations.
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
Innovation Briefing Issue 6 | Looking to 2025
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.
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
Dumfries and Galloway to host Scotland’s first rural 5G connectivity hub
Farming and rural healthcare are amongst the sectors set to benefit
The Crichton, a business and academic campus in Dumfries, will host Scotland’s first rural 5G connectivity hub.
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
Dorset LEP invests £194k in rural skills support
Dorset Local Enterprise is committed to supporting the local rural and natural economy, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has invested £194,000 towards improving rural further education.
Local Growth Fund investment has been provided to enable two new infrastructure upgrades at Kingston Maurward College, a l
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
Digital connectivity will empower people to restore our planet
Comment piece by Paul Coffey, CEO, The Scotland 5G Centre
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
Catapult Brings Hybrid Satellite Connectivity to 5G Network Trials in Rural Dorset
Enhanced connectivity for rural areas
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
British Geological Survey & 5G RuralDorset partner to develop new coastal landslide monitoring system
5G RuralDorset today announced a new project expansion to monitor land stability and cliff movement at key points along the Jurassic Coast. The extension to this DCMS-backed project takes its funding to £8 million and sees the British Geological Survey (BGS) join the project to work on this research area.
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
5G RuralDorset project to deliver first 5G-ready agri-robot
Small Robot Company, Wessex Internet, Telint and Dorset Council partner to deliver step-change in rural connectivity and agricultural productivity AND £7 million DCMS government grant-funded project will be launch pad for cost-effective farm robotic systems into the future.
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
5G Rural First: phase 1
Announcing the 5G RuralFirst Orkney Test Locations – Part 1 | 5GRuralFirst
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Resource | 14 Aug 2023
5G changing the world
There’s a lot more to fifth-generation networks (5G) than the ability to download movies in a blink of an eye or shuttle gigabytes to and from your smartphone faster. The technology will spawn an intelligent ecosystem of connected devices, harvesting massive amounts of data that will change the way we live and work.
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Resource | 11 Aug 2023
MANY project provides new opportunity for WISDM software upgrades
WISDM software – owned and developed by Mobile Access North Yorkshire partners Wireless Coverage – has been benefiting the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) project by identifying the best locations for masts to give the
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Resource | 11 Aug 2023