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WM5G at the Midlands forum for growth

Members of the WM5G board and our leadership team will be representing the rollout of 5G across the region at the Midlands Forum for Growth this November. Ian Martin, Director [...]

WM5G at the Midlands forum for growth

Interactive workshop to be hosted by IWPC

IWPC, The International Wireless Industry Consortium, is hosting an online workshop looking at how a converged world will affect consumers and businesses. WM5G's Managing Director Robert Franks will be taking [...]

Interactive workshop to be hosted by IWPC

Mark Stansfeld speaking at superconnected city event

Chair of the WM5G board, Mark Stansfeld, will be speaking at an online event focused on 5G and how technological advancements will shape the future of running a business. Hosted [...]

Mark Stansfeld speaking at superconnected city event

WM5G speaking at the Midlands Development Conference

Our Head of Communications and Stakeholder Management, Lesley Holt, will be speaking at this year's virtual West Midlands Development Conference on the 10th November. The event will talk about how [...]

WM5G speaking at the Midlands Development Conference

A landmark moment in the future of 5G

Robert Franks, Managing Director at West Midlands 5G Last week(October 13), Apple unveiled the first range of 5G iPhones to the world; the iPhone 12 – and its Mini, Pro, [...]

A landmark moment in the future of 5G

5PRING Exploit Accelerator – 4th January 2021 to 2nd April 2021

5PRING's exploit programme, known as 5PRING accelerator is a 3-month program (4th Jan, 2021 to 2nd April, 2021) providing later stage start-ups the opportunity to develop innovative and ambitious 5G [...]

5PRING Exploit Accelerator – 4th January 2021 to 2nd April 2021

5PRING Explore Incubator – 23rd November to 4th December

5PRING Explore is an idea incubation programme that helps organisations come up with commercially viable 5G enabled products and services. The programme allows organisations with business challenges to come together [...]

5PRING Explore Incubator – 23rd November to 4th December

WM5G featured by Birmingham Business magazine

West Midlands 5G has been featured in Birmingham Business magazine, looking at how 5G will help to revolutionise transport in the region. Our programme director of transport, Chris Holmes discusses [...]

WM5G featured by Birmingham Business magazine

Mark Stansfeld featured by Rail Business Daily

Chair of WM5G, Mark Stansfeld has written an article for Rail Business Daily, looking at what's next for 5G in the rail industry. WM5G is looking at opportunities to use 5G [...]

Mark Stansfeld featured by Rail Business Daily

WM5G at Birmingham Tech Week

West Midlands 5G and 5PRING will be involved in a number of webinars as part of Birmingham Tech Week, which runs from 12th to 16th October 2020. Find out when [...]

WM5G at Birmingham Tech Week

Transport competition winner: Urban Tourism 5.0

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. [...]

Transport competition winner: Urban Tourism 5.0

Transport competition winner: Tram Safety

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. [...]

Transport competition winner: Tram Safety

Transport competition winner: Transport Accessibility

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 [...]

Transport competition winner: Transport Accessibility

Transport competition winner: Predikt

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 [...]

Transport competition winner: Predikt

Transport competition winner: Capacity Manager

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 [...]

Transport competition winner: Capacity Manager

Transport competition winner: CURBS

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 [...]

Transport competition winner: CURBS

West Midlands 5G featured in Future of 5G report

West Midlands 5G has been featured in a Future of 5G report by The Times' Raconteur supplement. The 20-page supplement looks at how 5G is helping to kick-start economic recovery, [...]

West Midlands 5G featured in Future of 5G report

WM5G speaking at CWIC 2020: At the Edge

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. [...]

WM5G speaking at CWIC 2020: At the Edge

Three 5PRING Engage events coming soon

Join O2, Deloitte, Digital Catapult, Wayra and West Midlands 5G for a three-day 5prinG Engage event series. 5prinG Engage will take you through the fundamentals of 5G for transport and [...]

Three 5PRING Engage events coming soon

Benefits of 5G and 5PRING Application Accelerator Event

The West Midlands 5G team will be taking part in an online event on the benefits of 5G on Monday 21st September at 3pm, hosted by City of Wolverhampton Council. [...]

Benefits of 5G and 5PRING Application Accelerator Event

West Midlands 5G speaking at 5G Realised event

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 [...]

West Midlands 5G speaking at 5G Realised event

Independent study confirms West Midlands has best 5G coverage

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 [...]

Independent study confirms West Midlands has best 5G coverage

5PRING Q&A – Ask me anything 5G

Date: 3rd September Time: 16:00 – 18:00 Title: Ask me anything 5G We will be running Q&A- Ask Me Anything session with a special guest for our attendees. This is [...]

5PRING Q&A – Ask me anything 5G
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