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Chris Holmes, Transport Director at WM5G has contributed his opinion to a debate on pedestrian confidence in fully autonomous vehicles for Transporation Professional Magazine. Chris is confident in the driving [...]

Following a successful year of innovative projects across the transport sector, WM5G are celebrating our success at this week’s Connected Britain Awards 2021. The team attended the awards ceremony last [...]

A new future is on the horizon. 5G will unlock step changes intransport and manufacturing sectors in ways previously thought unfathomable. From September 8th - September 9th, 5PRING and West Midlands 5G [...]

Businesscomputing.com has featured 5PRING's Future of Transport Challenge in support of it's launch this week. The Future of Transport challenge will provide start-ups and other small businesses with support in [...]

5PRING – the consortium behind the UK’s first 5G commercial application accelerator – has announced the Future of Transport challenge. As part of the programme market leading organisations, HS2 Ltd, Port of [...]

West Midlands 5G’s Transport Programme Director, Chris Holmes, has been featured by Digital Leaders, discussing how 5G can unlock the future of smart transport - below outlines some of the [...]

Transport bosses are harnessing the power of 5G technology to cut traffic congestion on some of the West Midlands busiest roads. A congestion busting network of 5G sensors will relay [...]

Six innovative and pioneering projects exploring the benefits and applications of 5G technology in the transport sector have been awarded a share of a £1.6 million investment fund. West Midlands [...]

West Midlands 5G (WM5G) has developed the UK’s very first 5G-connected tram as part of a regional transport trial in partnership with West Midlands Metro, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), [...]

WM5G Application Accelerator project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Midlands Engine Hear about the 5G enabled transport solutions solving your organisational challenges! About [...]

About this Event Mon, 23 November - Fri, 4 December 5PRING is running an incubation programme for early stage start-ups, innovators and entrepreneurs to create solutions to these 3 Transport [...]

You. Smart. Thing., Landmrk, Imagemakers, and Oodl There are various problems with the current apps used by travellers to get from their starting point to venues when attending live events. [...]

Icomera, Classone Systems, DigitalRail Currently, trains and trams across the UK suffer from a number of potential safety risks, which are begin compounded through the rise of automation on services. [...]

GoMedia and Icomera  Over 40% of people with visual impairments in the UK are unable to make all or some of their journeys on public transport independently, which represents a [...]

AppyWay and Getmapping One significant problem that travellers in the UK face is finding available parking, particularly within cities, where spaces are limited and often may not meet the exact [...]

blacc, Immense, Elgin, University of Warwick, and O2 Transport authorities, such as Transport for West Midlands, increasingly need a step change in capability to make more effective decisions around managing [...]

Vortex IoT, National Express, BT/EE Our cities are experiencing rapid urbanisation and population growth, adding pressure to the existing transport infrastructure through increasing demand. However, there is an opportunity for [...]

- Consortiums to launch 5G-enabled road and rail transport trials across the West Midlands - - Share of £2.4 million fund has been awarded to develop new products and services [...]

West Midlands 5G (WM5G) Round 2, in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and in collaboration with Innovate UK, will [...]

Transport for West Midlands and West Midlands 5G have launched the procurement process for a partner to design, build and install a sensor network for the West Midlands Key Route Network. Thanks [...]

Travel has reduced significantly during lockdown Over the last three months, COVID-19, lockdown and social distancing have radically reduced demand for travel and, therefore, the use of transport. Flights from [...]

£2.5 million to be invested in innovation projects that develop a new service or product. We would like to take this time to thank you for attending our 5G Enabled [...]

£2.5 million to be invested in innovation projects that develop a new service or product. West Midlands 5G (WM5G), in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), West Midlands Combined [...]

https://youtu.be/gDgKs1xREyg We are getting the region 5G Transport Ready WM5G are here to test, prove and scale new 5G services in the transport sector and we have more than [...]