NEWS
Government to boost 5G and simplify planning
to support mobile deployment
£
40 million is to be invested in 5G testbed and trial projects
across UK industry as part of government plans to improve
mobile connectivity.
UK government
to propel 5G
mobile connectivity
Previous investment in the 5G testbeds and trials programme has
driven work in the healthcare, tourism, transport and broadcasting
sectors. The latest investment will support similar work in the logistics
and manufacturing sectors.
Projects will trial ways which can help these sectors increase their
productivity and output, boosting the UK economy. The trials could
cover different manufacturing processes as well as across road, air
and sea-based freight logistics.
The funding was announced by Digital Secretary, Jeremy Wright, at
the 5G World Conference as part of London Tech Week. The latest
round of investment is through the £200 million project to test 5G
technology that’s up to 10 times faster than 4G and able to support
more than a million devices per square kilometre.
Wright commented: “As part of our modern Industrial Strategy, we’re
making sure that Britain has a telecoms infrastructure that is fit for
the future.
“5G is about more than mobile phone consumers having a fast and
reliable connection anywhere in the country. It’s a vital piece of
technology that can be used to improve the productivity and growth
of our industrial sectors. That’s why we’re excited to develop new
trials in areas such as manufacturing and logistics that can really
benefit from 5G.”
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Minister sets out plan for new technologies
to transform public services
Strategy, setting out the government’s
approach to enabling widespread adoption
of new technologies across the public sector.
The new AI Guide will be used across
government to help departments implement
new opportunities for AI, such as how to
make cancer diagnosis more reliable and
reduce fraud in an ethical and safe way.
Oliver Dowden reveals his plan to utilise
new technologies
A
plan for how the government can
harness new technologies to transform
public services has been set out by the
Minister for Implementation, Oliver Dowden.
In a speech at the start of London Tech
Week (June 10), the Minister launched a new
guide to help government embrace AI and
an online marketplace to support tech start-
ups sell to the public sector. These measures
accompany a new Technology Innovation
www.intelligentcio.com
• The Ministry of Justice targeting safety
risks in prisons by using AI to analyse
thousands of pages of inspection reports
and identify common issues
• The Department for International
Development using AI to analyse
satellite images, so that it can estimate
populations and better target aid
Examples include: Tech start-ups will also see a boost to
their ability to win government contracts
through the launch of Spark, a new online
marketplace that provides a route into
the public sector for companies offering
innovative technologies.
• The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
making roads safer and cracking down
on rogue garages, by using AI to look
through records of the 40 million MOT
tests carried out across the UK every year
to identify where standards are not being
measured properly Dowden said: “The UK has led the world in
harnessing technology to transform public
services, but we cannot afford to sit back.
Adoption of new technologies by the private
sector is changing how people live their lives
and the public sector has to pick up the pace
to stay relevant.”
The guide also brings together research on
how AI is already being used by the public
sector to save money and improve services.
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