In my capacity as Digital Innovation Champion for the City of Wolverhampton Council, this week I joined experts at a 5G demonstration event to see first-hand the opportunities that using the technology presents to citizens and businesses.
The event was hosted by West Midlands 5G (WM5G) in partnership with Birmingham City University and Ericsson, as part of WM5G’s 5G Application Accelerator project.
Demonstrations included 5G-enabled augmented reality, a 360° visualisation of proposed developments within a cityscape, cloud-enabled robots for factories and a 5G-enabled homecare assistance system.
It was great to see the opportunities that 5G connectivity enables and the positive impact that this technology can play in people’s day to day lives.
Wolverhampton has a strong heritage of innovation, and through our targeted work to accelerate the roll out of 5G we will ensure that local people will benefit from the exciting developments in technology.
City of Wolverhampton is one of the first cities in the UK to launch 5G – opening up opportunities for people across the city to start to benefit from this new technology as the networks extend further in the coming months and years.
