Share thisThe European Commission's Directorate General Communications Networks, Content and Technology launched an online Public Consultation on Internet of Things (IoT) Large Scale Pilots (LSPs), in order to obtain advice and expressions of commitment for engagement on candidate target areas for the future European IoT LSPs.

Share thisMobile data traffic is expected to grow hundred- or thousand-fold by 2020, when the new 5G telecoms standards are due to enter the market. As the race is on to come up with new solutions for telecoms networks to accommodate this massive growth, one EU research project has already developed an ultra-fast solution using optical transmission technology.

Share thisThe nineteen projects of the first phase of the 5G public private partnership (5G-PPP) were presented at the European Conference on Networks and Communications conference in Paris. The EU invests, through these selected projects, 128 million euros in order to put Europe in the lead of the 5G technology race.

Share thisThe study will develop an inventory of European, national and regional experimental facilities, test beds and laboratories available for integration into FIRE+.