The first batch of companies have been chosen to run trials at the ground-breaking £1.8m marine-focused 5G testbed Plymouth Smart Sound.
Maritime assurance and certification company Lloyd's Register, the National Physical Laboratory, outsourcing giant Serco, and yachtsman Conrad Humphreys’ organisation for helping young people The Bounty Project are among the first slew of businesses that will use the testbed powered by 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN).
Vodafone, Nokia, Plymouth City Council and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) are behind the Smart Sound Connect project, which incorporates a private 4G/5G marine network to provide full coverage across the coastal proving grounds, in partnership with Vodafone and Nokia, and offshore high-speed communications through Steatite’s Wave Relay mesh network.
