Category / Collaboration / L5G
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£9m for Liverpool City Region HDD Project
Today the UK government Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has announced an £88 million R&D investment in innovative connectivity, and the Liverpool City Region HDD is one of the successful projects. Liverpool 5G will be working with the University of Liverpool to provide overall project management, repeating the model that was used successfully…
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L5G partners announce new funding
DefProc Engineering, a partner in Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care, has been awarded funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency to develop SmUPS, a Smart Uninterruptible Power Supply, which is a brand-new product that will provide multi-hour backup power for virtual wards, telehealth and telecare devices deployed in patients’ homes. There is an emerging…
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Highlights from the Liverpool 5G Create Project
The DCMS-funded Liverpool 5G Create: Connecting Health and Social Care project officially came to an end on 30th September 2022, after running for two years. The end of the project does not mean the end of Liverpool 5G – far from it. The team are exploring opportunities to maximise the impact of the network and…
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Lessons Learned on Collaboration
In the penultimate month of the DCMS-funded 5G Testbed & Trials project (5GTT), thoughts naturally turn to what is next for Liverpool 5G and the private 5G network in Kensington. However, it is important to take stock and reflect on the learnings over the past 24 months, which can help inform approaches going forward. Collaborating…
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L5G Technical Authority at Security Collaboration Group
Liverpool 5G’s Technical Authority, Andrew Miles, Chief Architect at Telet Research, attended the Security Collaboration Group, which looked to bring together learnings on security throughout the DCMS-funded 5G Testbed & Trials programmes. Inter-project collaboration was a core element of the 5GTT programme, and security was naturally a significant consideration of the projects. It was understood…
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Multiple Care Homes LIVE on L5G Network
Both Millvina House & Brushwood Care Homes, part of the Bloomcare Group, are now connected to and live on the Liverpool 5G network. The care homes are both located outside of the planned project footprint, however, following the success of Rowan Garth Care Village’s connection to the network, Bloomcare asked the team if it would…
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Liverpool 5G brings ‘Hug Vest’ to Rowan Garth Care Village
Liverpool 5G has brought the ‘Hug Vest’ use case to Rowan Garth Care Village. The Liverpool 5G team, along with makers CuteCircuit, brought and demonstrated the shirt for care home staff and resident’s family members. Hug Vest is a special shirt worn by a resident in a care home, with haptic technology linked to an…
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The Eden Project comes to Liverpool
As part of ongoing collaboration between DCMS-funded testbed and trials projects, Liverpool 5G worked with the Eden Project to bring the Eden Universe to Rowan Garth care home. The team provided the care home with a projector, iPads and virtual reality headsets so that residents can remotely experience the Eden Project from the comfort of…
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Ann Williams joins panel at Scotland 5G event
L5G project lead Ann Williams spoke at the S5GConnect event ‘Unlocking the power of 5G in our urban areas’. The S5GConnect programme aims to raise awareness of the possibilities of 5G, stimulating demand and encouraging the use of 5G to innovate new products, services and applications. The event aimed to explore the progress of 5G…
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Liverpool 5G & The Scotland 5G Centre
Liverpool 5G are collaborating with S5GConnect Dumfries, part of The Scotland 5G Centre, and assisting the team in using L5G’s Adoption Readiness Level (ARL) Tool.
