Transport

First public 5G network use cases high speed 5G network to a commercial passenger cruise ship in port as well as a construction excavator remotely controlled with a live 5G network

Telenor chose the city of Kongsberg for its first 5G testbed in collaboration with Kongsberg local Government, automated transport company Applied Autonomy and the Kongsberg Innovation incubator. All plan to trial the likes of autonomous buses and drones, emergency communications and eHealth services.  

Fastweb in cooperation with Ericsson and the City of Rome started a 5G trial, demonstrated by switching on the first 5G experimental antenna on 22 February 2018. The agreed use case that are being developed concern public transport, public safety and tourism (VR in archeogical sites and museums). For the trial Fastweb is using 42MHz […]

TIM, Huawei and Fastweb demonstrated virtual reality for tourists as well as an augmented reality tool for ship engines maintenance in Bari and Matera, which are the trialed “5G cities” with budget of 60 million euros over four years. The 5G network was implemented through the use of 3.7-3.8 GHz frequency bands made available by […]