West Midlands 5G has been featured in a Future of 5G report by The Times' Raconteur supplement. The 20-page supplement looked at how 5G is helping to kick-start economic recovery, the politicisation of 5G and three sectors set to win big from 5G. Read More >
Following a successful funding competition, West Midlands 5G Limited (WM5G) is investing £2.4 million in seven UK-based consortiums to support the development of new products and services to transform transport across the region. Read More >
West Midlands 5G's Programme Director for Transport, Chris Holmes will be one of the speakers at CWIC 2020: At the Edge on 22 September 2020 - an immersive event and networking experience. Read More >
Join O2, Deloitte, Digital Catapult, Wayra and West Midlands 5G for a 3-day 5prinG Engage event series. 5prinG Engage will take you through the fundamentals of 5G for transport and mobility with expert panellists, followed by case study workshops. Read More >
West Midlands 5G has been featured in a new report from Cornerstone, looking at the importance of local authority collaboration to deliver mobile connectivity. Read More >
The West Midlands 5G team will be taking part in an online event on the benefits of 5G on Monday 21st September at 3pm. Businesses are invited to find out more about the benefits 5G can bring to your business and support available to explore them. Read More >
Members of the WM5G team will be speaking at the 5G Realised Summit on Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th September 2020. The 5G Realised Summit will look at use cases for 5G across different industry vertical segments... Read More >
The West Midlands and Birmingham – which have reaped the rewards of West Midlands 5G’s Infrastructure Acceleration programme – have been ranked highest in a new 5G mobile coverage study by independent telecoms advisory company umlaut. Read More >
On 3rd September 2020, 5PRING is opening up the floor with a 5G Q&A - Ask Me Anything session with panellists from UK5G and WM5G, plus a very special guest. The panel will answer attendee's questions on all things 5G. Read More >
Join O2, Deloitte, Digital Catapult, Wayra and West Midlands 5G at the “5prinG Engage – Discover the True Potential of 5G” 1day workshop to rapidly identify how 5G has the potential to add value to your organisation. Read More >
Government ministers are calling on local councils to help ensure people can access better broadband and mobile connectivity crucial to the UK’s coronavirus recovery. Read More >
Briefings for round two of our transport project funding competition will be held on 9th and 15th September 2020. Projects must improve road and rail operational efficiency, provide better-connected transport or improve the experience for travellers. Read More >
West Midlands 5G Limited has appointed Suvo Datta as Finance Director to lead the financial management of the UK’s first region-wide 5G testbed. Read More >
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. Read More >
This 2-week virtual session brings IoT & Telecommunications supply-side organisations together with West Midlands based challenge-owners to come up with technical solutions to "Managing and Monitoring large groups of socially distancing individuals". Read More >
After a decade of growth, the West Midlands’ economy is being badly affected by COVID-19. Stepping back, the global pandemic is accelerating key digital trends and digital leadership is now at the heart of the recovery plan for the West Midlands. Read More >
The West Midlands is the first region in the UK to trial the concept of 5G-enabled identification of live kerbside parking availability. With the support of parking technology provider AppyWay, a trials took place on Stratford Road in Birmingham. Read More >
Today (16th June 2020), UK5G launched the 5G Suppliers Directory, created to harness efficiencies in building effective 5G innovation trials within the UK. Read More >
The transport world is changing into one where we need to consider how to use our infrastructure in a more agile way. The outbreak of COVID-19 has presented unparalleled challenges to all sectors but transport has been among the most affected. Read More >
Chair of WM5G, Mark Stansfeld will be speaking in a webinar at 2pm on Monday 6th July 2020. "Supercharging UK plc with 5G – exploring the economic opportunity" is a free webinar looking at the potential of 5G to power the digital economy. Read More >
5G’s increased capacity, low-latency and enhanced security make it ideal to support manufacturers to transform productivity. Read about how 5G will help to open up endless possibilities in manufacturing. Read More >
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