Tag / DCMS
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Our 5G Health and Social Care testbed extended
We’ve had some good news! The health and social care project Liverpool’s 5G consortium is running in Kensington, Liverpool, has been given an extension for an extra year. Our project is getting a further £0.94M in funding from the government, in recognition for the great work that’ taken place in Liverpool. It brings the total…
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Celebrating our achievements with a Showcase Event!
Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care partners spent 26th March 2019 showcasing new technologies being trialled across our Liverpool-based community health project – and supported by our 5G network. The Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care Showcase Event took place at Sensor City’s technology hub, in the heart of Liverpool. 100 plus guests from across…
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Digital and Culture Minister, Margot James, visits Liverpool 5G project volunteers at Kensington home
The Minister for Digital and Culture, Margot James, has been in Liverpool meeting project volunteers from Kensington, who are using 5G supported health devices and apps as part of the Liverpool 5G health and Social Care Project. The minister also met with members of the consortium who created IoT health technologies being trialled on our…
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Ian Smith, DCMS Director of Testbed and Trials, visits the Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care
The Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care project enjoyed a visit from DCMS’s Director of Testbed and Trials this week. Ian Smith spent the day in Liverpool learning about the positive impact 5G technology could have on the health and social care sector. The Liverpool 5G project is demonstrating how 5G technology best supports the…
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DCMS onboarding event for all six 5G testbeds and trials
Last week the Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care project attended the first event to welcome all of the Phase One 5G testbeds, who are part of the government’s 5G UK strategy programme, from across the country, to an event at The Kia Oval, London. We met all the other projects and heard from Margot…