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Liverpool 5G shortlisted for UK’s 5G Showcase Awards 2022
Liverpool 5G is represented in two categories at the upcoming UK’s 5G Showcase Awards 2022: the Liverpool 5G Create project has been shortlisted for the “Maximum Citizen Impact & Reach” award, and Project Health & Social Care Authority, Ann Williams, is shortlisted for the “Best individual contribution to 5G industry deployment” award. The expert judging…
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Liverpool 5G Showcase
Wow – what a day! Liverpool 5G held it’s Showcase in The Spine yesterday, describing and demonstrating everything we’ve been doing. There were lots of people there, both in person and online, and the day was full of lively chat and discussion. We had a full line up of speakers, including: Professor Joe Spencer,…
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Liverpool 5G Project Extension Confirmed
Due to numerous external challenges, including global component shortages and Covid-19, the Liverpool 5G: Connecting Health & Social Care project was invited by DCMS to apply for a project extension. We are delighted to announce this extension has now been confirmed, and the project will run for an additional 6 months, until September 2022. The…
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Telehealth Monitoring successfully tested on Liverpool 5G Network
The Telehealth Monitoring use case has been successfully tested on the Liverpool 5G Network, following testing by project partners Docobo, at Kensington Community Learning Centre in the heart of the project area. Testing included a Video Consultation Call, which was successfully completed on the Liverpool 5G network, and standard Telehealth tests which transferred data over…
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LJMU presents L5G project to Korean Agency for Defence Development
Dr Michael Mackay, Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, and member of the Liverpool 5G Create project, presented the project to researchers from the Agency for Defence Development, Republic of Korea, on their recent visit to the University. The talk included a general overview of the…
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5G Wales Unlocked in Health & Social Care
The 5G Wales Unlocked team are hosting a series of discussions looking at the potential of 5G in various sectors, and have asked L5G Director, Rosemary Kay, to take part in the 5G Wales Unlocked in Health & Social Care discussion. 5G Wales Unlocked aims to show how 5G and other new technologies can help…
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Liverpool 5G Showcase Event 2022
Liverpool 5G has announced their Showcase Event will be held on 9th March at The Spine in Liverpool. Discover how to create a private, standalone 5G network, and how it can help bridge the digital divide, combat digital poverty and improve health and wellbeing. The event is available to attend both in-person in Liverpool, and…
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Liverpool 5G Network Update
The Liverpool 5G project has now installed 26 5G small cells, and 72 mmWave nodes, across the project area in Kensington. The 5G small cells are sourced and configured by Telet Research, with Blu Wireless providing the DN101 & DN201 nodes used in the network. Project partners Broadway Partners are leading on the installation…
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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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Liverpool GP Surgery Connected to Liverpool 5G Network
The first GP surgery, Fairfield Medical Centre on Sheil Road, has been successfully connected to the Liverpool 5G network, and the service is now live. The connection is part of the 5G WAN Pilot for NHS Sites use case, which is being run in conjunction with NHS Informatics. The use case aims to demonstrate how…
