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Announcements => News Articles => Topic started by: Bowdon on March 30, 2018, 11:49:24 AM
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https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/03/uk-government-goes-on-hunting-for-the-first-5g-mobile-city.html (https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/03/uk-government-goes-on-hunting-for-the-first-5g-mobile-city.html)
The UK government has today proposed to develop a “large-scale, citywide testbed” as part of a multi million pound “5G city” trial of the future high speed Mobile technology, which forms part of their Urban Connected Communities Project.
The testbed will include testing how new technology can make urban communities “inherently safer, greener, more efficient and more attractive places to live“. It is expected the winning bid will be trialling a variety of initiatives, which could include:
– Doctors and other health care professionals using real-time video consultation and remote treatment for those less able to travel.
– Making traffic jams and disjointed journeys a thing of the past through widespread use of sensors and real-time monitoring and management of traffic and public transport.
– Revolutionising the way visitors experience tourist venues through the use of Augmented and Virtual reality technologies.
I don't really think 5G is going to suddenly make those initiatives a reality on its own. All of those things can be done now but aren't being done.
The doctor thing could be done over the regular phone conversation but they don't. Instead we have to sit in a waiting room for sometimes hours around sick people :(