IT pros across a broad spectrum of UK industries can compete for £30 million in a government-funded competition to encourage business use of5G wireless technology.
The 5G Create competition is aimed at developing new use cases and business models for 5G applications and services. Start-ups and established companies may apply for the funds as part of the competition, which opens in early March and runs until the end of June 2020, according to the government announcement of the program. The government expects to receive bids from film, TV, video gaming and tourism industries, as well as sectors such as energy, water, logistics, health and social care.
Several briefing events are being planned for companies interested in taking part in 5G Create, according toUK5G，国家创新网络致力于促进研究，协作和英国工业应用5G的。竞争和通报事件将开放给参与开发，测试和使用5G应用，产品和服务的组织。这包括网络提供商，移动网络运营商，技术供应商和地方当局。接下来介绍发生3月9日布里斯托尔;额外的简报会定于本月格拉斯哥，索尔福德，和贝尔法斯特（见简报当前列表here).
“英国政府认为它有责任刺激到5G技术的投资和研究在全国范围内，对所有公民和企业的利益，”伊恩·史密斯，项目总监，5G测试平台和试验，在署说数字，文化，媒体和体育部（DCMS），在一份声明。
The UK government also announced that nine projects are receiving a share of a separate £35 million as part of its rural and industrial 5G development efforts. Seven of those projects are connected to theRural Connected Communities(RCC) initiative, which launched in August 2019. The RCC initiative includes projects that will trial the use of 5G for remote farming, monitoring livestock and reducing water pollution, for example.
The RCC projects will receive £30 million of the £35 million, and the rest will be awarded to two ongoing industrial projects led by Ford Motor Company and Zeetta Networks to test the benefits of using 5G to boost productivity in the manufacturing sector.
其中一个项目是在国家复合材料中心在布里斯托尔的5G-ENCODE项目。Zeetta是导致10家公司的5G-ENCODE，旨在探讨新的商业模式在制造业的私人移动网络工作的一个财团。它会调查有关交互式扩增实境三产业5G使用情况;资产在多个站点和位置跟踪;和工业系统管理。
In the big picture, the new £30 million 5G Create competition and the £35 million earmarked for rural and industrial 5G development are part of a £200 million investment in 5G testbeds and trials across the UK. The purpose is to explore ways that 5G can boost business growth and productivity, improve the lives of people in rural areas, and maximise the productivity benefits of new technologies, according to DCMS.
The competitions come at a time when the government hopes to spread the benefits of technology across the country.
“The potential of 5G is so great that it is impossible to know the full extent of its impact without a visionary trials and testbed programme. In phase two, the [5G Testbeds and Trials Programme] is evolving to focus on demonstrating the value that 5G will bring to the UK economy as well as tackling the real social problems that 5G can solve,” Smith stated.
“We’re determined to make the UK a world-leader in 5G and deliver on our promise to improve connections for people and businesses across the country,” said Oliver Dowden, digital secretary, in a statement.
DCMS emphasises that there will not be any equipment from high-risk vendors, like Huawei, used in any of the projects.