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Test environment for 5G inaugurated on Campus Skellefteå
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Luleå University of Technology, together with Telia, Infovista and Skellefteå municipality, has inaugurated the 5G test environment on Campus Skellefteå. - Now we take research and triple helix collaboration to a new level, says Karl Andersson, professor of Pervasive and Mobile Computing and CEO at CDT.
The purpose of the 5G installation is to establish a research and innovation environment where companies, students and organizations can test innovations and applications.
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Michael Carlberg Lax, CIO at Skellefteå municipality, believes that the test environment is a prerequisite for being able to develop new ideas and business opportunities. Christer Åhlund, professor of Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Luleå University of Technology, agrees:
- This is an open environment, where you can test ideas. We want to be an enabler for innovations and a meeting place for business and academia.
Facilitate the use of new technology in healthcare
5G means, among other things, improvements for higher data speeds, shorter delays and higher reliability. 5G can also facilitate the use of new technology in elderly care and healthcare. It can be about everything from connected shower robots to advanced alarm and monitoring functions. Due to this, there is a project called 5G for health care in Upper Norrland and that is also what lies behind the test environment.
Annika Svensson, project manager and active in the 5G for health care project at Luleå University of Technology, explains:
- New innovations in 5G are important for tomorrow’s smart services for digital care and care to be able to work even in places far outside urban areas. In a county as large as Västerbotten, it can help to compensate for the increased burden on health and care services that an aging population entail. 5G has the opportunity to improve the connection in sparsely populated areas and reduce the obstacles that sometimes exist with large distances in our region.
About 5G for health care
The project’s overall goal is to make upper Norrland one of the natural innovation environments for developing and testing solutions within 5G for health care. The project is led by Luleå University of Technology and is run together with the Region Norrbotten, Region Västerbotten and the four municipalities Skellefteå, Storuman, Övertorneå and Luleå. In addition, Ericsson, Telia Company and Tieto EVRY are participating in the project. The main financier is the European Regional Development Fund.
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