In the frame of European project “5Groningen” in the Netherlands, tests for 5G applications are undertaken in five different themes: care, energy, traffic & logistics, agriculture and living environment. This initiative from the Economic Board Groningen (EBG) was launched in early 2017 in collaboration with KPN, Vodaphone, Ericsson, Huawei and others.
Energy
Lithuania-2016-08
Tele2 Lithuania demonstrated pre-5G technology in Vilnius with equipment vendor Nokia, during which speeds of up to 4.3 Gbps were achieved.
Turkey-2017-03
Turk Telekom has tested NB-IoT technology in its own network in Turkey as a first operator with Nokia as an important step of 5G strategy of Turk Telekom. Turk Telekom and Nokia have shown demo in a virtual stadium covered by 5G in MWC.
Germany-2018-02
Telekom announced it is constructing a 5G testbed for smart energy grid management in Dresden in a cooperation with the city administration and the Dresden University of Technology. The partners’ aim is to support the decentralized distribution of energy with a real-time, secure 5G communications system, said Telekom. The first tests of smart energy systems […]
