Cambridge Wireless, Huawei plan private 5G testbed in Cambridge

News Wireless United Kingdom 11 NOV 2020
Cambridge Wireless, Huawei plan private 5G testbed in Cambridge

Huawei and Cambridge Wireless have partnered to deploy and build a private 5G testbed at the Cambridge Science Park. This marks the start of a 3-year partnership which will include digital training, joint events and business support.

This will be the UK city's first 5G mobile private network, and will support companies with R&D and application of new digital technologies in areas such as remote surgery, autonomous vehicles and clean energy. The 5G testbed will go live in January 2021. 

Owned by Cambridge University, the Cambridge Science Park currently has over 120 technology companies and scale-ups. 

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