Newsflash September 2020
Latest 5G top news
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Future of 5G special report 5G IA/Raconteur – The Times |
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| 5G IA partners again with Raconteur on the upcoming 16-page “Future of 5G” special report, published in The Times in print and online on Thursday 24th of September 2020.
Raconteur’s reports provide leading and high-impact independent analysis on the future of 5G, with the goal of enhancing understanding of the potential that 5G offers. Read the Future of 5G 2020.
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Two new videos posted on the 5G PPP YT channel |
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| The first video is the second webinar in a series of 5G PPP webinars on verticals organised by the Full5G project. The webinar was held on 18 June 2020. It gives key insights into 5G spectrum requirements across diverse industry verticals, spanning automotive, manufacturing, broadcasting and media and public safety. It also looks at critical actions designed to ensure the best possible use is made of this scarce resource, with a look also at assignments in Europe and globally and trends for future 5G rollouts. Watch the video here.
The second video is about the third webinar in a series of 5G PPP webinars on verticals organised by the Full5G project. The webinar was held on 15 July 2020. It gives insights into why we need 5G to empower both medical professionals and citizens. It also explores the use of 5G technologies and standards. Watch the video here. Besides the latest 5G PPP videos, it is worth noting that the first original 5G PPP video published in October 2014 has now reached more than 40,000 views. You can check it here.
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5G PPP and 5G IA Webinar – Empowering Vertical Industries through 5G Network – Current Status and Future Trends |
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On September the 9th at 11:00 CET, the 5G Public Private Partnership (5G PPP) and the 5G Infrastructure Association (5G IA) held a webinar to present the key findings of the latest white paper on “Empowering Vertical Industries through 5G Network – Current Status and Future Trends” (Click to download). 100+ participants attended.
The above-mentioned white paper summarizes progress and results produced by several 5G PPP projects while developing some innovative 5G network services and solutions for vertical industries. The white paper provides information about requirements and addresses business cases. It also discusses in detail several exemplary use cases from eleven different vertical sectors and identifies key 5G features that have been used to meet the specified requirements. All presentations and the webinar’s video are available here.
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European Commission “Connectivity Recommendation” |
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 On September 18, 2020, the European Commission took further steps in the Digital Decade agenda to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty, as announced by President Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union address.
The European Commission published a Recommendation calling Member States to boost investment in very high-capacity broadband connectivity infrastructure, including 5G, which is the most fundamental block of the digital transformation and an essential pillar of the recovery. In parallel, and closely linked to this Recommendation, the Commission also proposed a new Regulation for the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking to maintain and advance Europe’s leading role in supercomputing technology to underpin the entire digital strategy and to ensure the Union’s competitiveness in the global setting. Executive Vice-President for a Europe fit for the Digital Age, Margrethe Vestager, said: “Broadband and 5G connectivity lay the foundation for the green and digital transformation of the economy, regardless if we talk about transport and energy, healthcare and education, or manufacturing and agriculture. And we have seen the current crisis highlight the importance of access to very high-speed internet for businesses, public services and citizens, but also to accelerate the pace towards 5G. We must therefore work together towards fast network rollout without any further delays.” Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, added: “Digital infrastructures have proven to be crucial during the pandemic to help citizens, public services and businesses get through the crisis and yet recent investments have slowed down. At a time when access to broadband Internet represents both a fundamental commodity for Europeans and a geostrategic stake for companies, we must – together with Member States – enable and accelerate the rollout of secure fibre and 5G networks. Greater connectivity will not only contribute to creating jobs, boosting sustainable growth and modernising the European economy, it will help Europe building its resilience and achieve its technological autonomy.” Read the full communication of this Recommendation on the EC website. |
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TSDSI joins Leading 5G Visionary Organizations for “Global 5G Event” |
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Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) joins Leading 5G Visionary Organizations in Americas, China, Europe, Japan, South Korea and Brazil for “Global 5G Event” New Delhi, India – 23 September 2020. Leading 5G visionary global organizations from the world’s regions welcomed Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI) as a party to the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the “Global 5G Event” with 5G Forum (Korea), 5G Americas (Americas), IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group (China), the 5G Infrastructure Association (5G-IA, Europe), the Fifth-Generation Mobile Communications Promotion Forum (5GMF, Japan) and Telebrasil – Projecto “5G Brasil” (Brazil). Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Chairman of TSDSI signed an accession agreement for the MoU on 8 September 2020. Signatories of the MoU that was announced in October 2015, and later joined by Telebrasil in 2017 pledged to cooperate in organizing a series of annual “Global 5G Events” in the interest of efficiency and building global consensus on 5G. TSDSI now joins this worldwide leadership in fostering the next, 5th Generation of wireless technology. The 7th Global 5G event will be hosted in Shanghai, China by IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group in 2021.
Read the full press release here.
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Final version of SRIA “Smart Networks in the context of NGI” |
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 In early September, the Steering Board approved the final version of The Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of Networld. This final document is the result of open community consultation on version 1.0, where Networld received 28 different comments, between web and direct email. The total number of contributors was larger than 150 persons, coming from almost 90 organizations, of which about 60% were from the research domain. Networld received also two contributions in “aggregated vision format” from two European organizations (NESSI and AIoTI) and two external organizations (ITU, CCSA), besides the many contributions reflecting the views of 5G-PPP projects and researchers.
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5G Smart Webinar on Industry and 3GPP RAN latest status in smart manufacturing |
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 The 5G-SMART project organized a webinar entitled “5G for smart manufacturing – Industry and 3GPP RAN latest status” on 22 September 2020 with 90 minutes duration.
Go watch the full webinar on YouTube! Christian Hoymann (Ericsson) and Krister Landernäs (ABB) were the speakers. The 5G-SMART project coordinator, Leefke Grosjean moderated the webinar.
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5G MOBIX Evaluation Framework: webinar nr. 4 |
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 This webinar was organized to present the various aspects of the Evaluation Framework of 5G-MOBIX.
After an overview of the project’s evaluation framework, specifying the evaluation objectives, the session provided information regarding the evaluation methodology, selected KPIs, measurement tools and data management processes, across the different corridors and local trial sites. Taking a holistic approach, the project will further present the activities on assessing the potential business and societal impacts of the systems and applications demonstrated in 5G-MOBIX cross-border corridors and trial sites. This will also include aspects related to the user perception of technological advances and the corresponding acceptance of solutions. Go watch the full webinar on YouTube! Speakers:
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5G Trials in Europe – 5G Experimentation Facilities and Vertical Trials |
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| Online Webinar- 14 October 2020
This online workshop is organised by the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications of NCSR Demokritos in the frame of EU projects 5GENESIS and 5G!Drones with the support of the 5G-PPP partnership. The workshop will focus on 5G Experimentation Facilities and Vertical Trials, their current status and future perspectives. Please use the form at the bottom of the page to register. The intense research work on 5G realisation has reached the point where the 5G capabilities are ready to be exploited by third party innovators, also referred to as vertical industries. In this context, the new ecosystem that emerges on service provisioning over 5G and beyond networks has two major stakeholders. On the one hand, the verticals that are ready to take advantage of the performance gains and the configuration flexibility that 5G brings; and, one the other hand, the operators (or infrastructure owners) that eventually have a rich toolbox based on the virtualisation and the network slicing features, which enables new business opportunities. From the technological point of view, in the framework of 5GENESIS project coordination and 5G!Drones trial activities, Dr. Harilaos Koumaras and the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications of NCSR “Demokritos” invite you to participate at the workshop entitled ”5G Experimentation Facilities and Vertical Trials: Current Status and Future Perspectives”, where the recent developments of the ICT-17 5G experimentation facilities and the ICT-19 vertical trials will be presented. The workshop is further complemented with presentations by invited projects from the Secure Societies and the 5G Long Term Evolution calls, showing 5G trials in the framework of first responder teams and discussing future perspectives of 5G. Go check the agenda and register here. |
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5G-HEART webinar #1 – Healthcare vertical trials |
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Online Webinar – 12 October 2020
5G-HEART is one of the projects in H2020/5G PPP Phase 3, exploring 5G trials in real life scenarios with selected verticals. 5G-HEART is addressing healthcare, transport and aquaculture trials. The project has been running since June 2019, and is now able to present the first concepts and results. This first webinar, in a series, focusses on the healthcare use cases being explored by 5G-HEART. Draft programme:
Please register here. |
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5G Techritory – 3rd annual Baltic Sea Region 5G ecosystem forum |
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Online Webinar – 11-12 November 2020
The 5G Techritory Forum 2020 will be the third-annual event bringing together the leading minds in 5G deployment in the Baltic Sea Region. The 2020 Forum is projected to assemble 800+ of the leading decisionmakers in policy, business, and infrastructure to increase collaboration and reinforce commitment to joint development. Go check the event website and the agenda here. You can register here. |
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Early deployments of 5G features CfP@ IEEE GlobComms 2020 |
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Taipei, Taiwan – 7-11 December 2020
Call for Papers: WS-15, Early deployments of 5G network features and performance. Scope: 5G systems have been under study for about a decade with the intent of meeting stringent technical KPIs to the benefit of the wireless industry but also and importantly for a diverse set of use cases in the “verticals” or industry sectors. 3GPP has finalised the first release of 5G (Rel’15) and is actively working on Rel’16 targeting acceptance into the IMT-2020 framework. With the current state of the standardisation, the many trials around the world and the early network deployment, an initial assessment of the 5G solutions can be carried out. In particular, a useful comparison can now be done between the initial vision developed at the beginning of the decade and the emerging commercial solutions. Furthermore, the challenges that remain to be addressed can be discussed in several verticals both in unicast and multicast/broadcast contexts (VR, AR, IoT, Multimedia, Health). Organized by one flagship 5GPPP European project, this workshop will bring together the leading names in industry, academia and research institutes to discuss and debate the latest developments in this area. It offers a unique opportunity for researchers in this field to disseminate their results in all radio related aspects of 5G communications to a diverse audience. The workshop invites authors to submit original and previously unpublished research papers in the following and related topics. They could cover traditional mobile networks or any other new 5G vertical applications. Organizers: Simon Fletcher (Realwireless, UK, simon.fletcher@real-wireless.com), Belkacem Mouhouche (Samsung R&D Institute UK, b.mouhouche@samsung.com), and Roman Odarchenko (Bundleslab, Hungary, roman@bundleslab.com) More information on the IEEE GLOBECOM site. |
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MWC Shanghai 2021 |
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Shanghai, China – 23-25 February 2021
5G PPP projects will participate in the event which will bring significant opportunities.
Additional information on 5G PPP presence will come soon. |
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Hannover Messe 2021 |
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Hannover, Germany – April 12-16, 2021
The 2020 lead theme was “Industrial Transformation”. But the 2020 edition could not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic. 5G PPP projects will participate in the event which will bring significant opportunities. Additional information on 5G PPP presence will come soon. |
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EuCNC 6G Summit 2021 |
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Porto, Portugal – 8-11 June 2021
 EuCNC 2021 is the 30th edition of a successful series of a conference in the field of telecommunications, sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society and the European Association for Signal Processing, and supported by the European Commission. EuCNC 2021 intends to introduce 6G.This conference is one of the most prominent communications and networking conferences in Europe, which efficiently brings together cutting-edge research and world-renown industries and businesses.
The conference will focus on various aspects of 5G communications systems and networks, including cloud and virtualisation solutions, management technologies, and vertical application areas. It will target to bring together researchers from all over the world to present the latest research results, and it is one of the main venues for demonstrating the results of research projects, especially from successive European R&D programmes co-financed by the European Commission.
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MWC Barcelona 2021 |
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Barcelona, Spain – 28 June – 1 July 2021
5G PPP projects will participate in the event which will bring significant opportunities.
Additional information on 5G PPP presence will come soon. |
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Towards a hospital without walls – early learnings from exploring e-health use cases
The 5G Techritory platform is an initiative to bring together every aspect of 5G for a faster and more swift implementation and commercialization of 5G to increase the pace of economic development in the Baltic Sea Region.
The next MWC is scheduled between February 23 and February 25, 2021.
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The 2020 edition of the MWC was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The next MWC is scheduled from March 1 to 4, 2021. The 2021 lead theme is “Connected Impact” as a reference to the virus.The editor of the 5G PPP newsflash on behalf of the Full5G Project is Carole Manero, IDATE DigiWorld, CS94167 – 34092 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. This document reflects only the views of its authors.
