InterDigital Wins 5G Smart Tourism Bid
21 Marzo 2018 - 3:00AM
InterDigital, a mobile technology research and development company,
announced that it has won a bid to participate in the UK 5G Smart
Tourism project. The project is part of Phase 1 of the 5G Testbeds
and Trials program run by the UK government’s Department of
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and will be led by the
West of England Combined Authority following its success in
securing £5 million from the UK government to trial a superfast 5G
network at tourist destinations in Bath and Bristol.
The trial will see 5G infrastructure put in
place at the Roman baths in the city of Bath, and in Bristol at the
M Shed museum, in and around the We The Curious science center, and
in Millennium Square. InterDigital will join the consortium of 25
companies and organizations, made up of 5G network service
providers, tourism and business support organizations, tech hubs,
research bodies and more.
The announcement further reinforces
InterDigital’s key role in the development of 5G and adds to the
company’s portfolio of UK technology research and development
projects. For example, in August 2017 InterDigital partnered with
Bristol is Open (BIO) to showcase its FLIPS (Flexible-IP services)
solution, the world’s first successful Multi-Access Edge Computing
(MEC) 5G network architecture trial. The 5G Smart Tourism project
will once again see InterDigital and BIO collaborate, with
InterDigital’s FLIPS solution delivering important improvements on
key performance aspects, such as latency and throughput, for
virtual and augmented reality use cases in the tourism
space.
“Winning this bid is a perfect testament to the
importance of InterDigital’s research and development in the mobile
technology space,” said Alan Carlton, Vice President, InterDigital
International at InterDigital. “We are committed to helping towards
the successful rollout of 5G in a way that will significantly
change and enhance the way we live our lives. This is about much
more than smart tourism: a successful trial will position the West
of England as a leader in harnessing 5G technologies to connect
citizens, homes, transport, businesses and organizations.”
Tim Bowles, Mayor for the West of England,
commented: “The 5G Smart Tourism bid will allow us to trial some
exciting technology at our top tourist attractions, whilst looking
at wider and longer-term benefits for our region. This new
technology holds the key to a more advanced, sustainable and smart
future which will revolutionize the way we all live, travel and
work.”
About
InterDigital®InterDigital develops mobile
technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and
services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical
and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more
efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience
years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and
strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless
companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is
included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of
InterDigital, Inc.
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www.interdigital.com.
InterDigital Contact:Patrick
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210-4814
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