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Fox Sports has trialled 5G at golf’s US Open (with Intel, AT&T, and Ericsson) allowing its team to cover more of the course, while 5G was used to capture some events at the 2018 Winter Olympics. 5G-enabled cameras eliminate the need to use cables, making it easier to cover sports that take place over a wide area. Sports broadcasting is arguably the most developed use case for 5G to date, with ready-made innovations driving efficiencies and unlocking a raft of creativity options.

Intel worked with Fox Sport at the US Open. Better crowd management at sporting venues The German FA plans to let fans view data insights in real time – such as how fast a player is sprinting – using Augmented Reality.Ĥ. This will not only increase fan satisfaction, but also enable new experiences. Research from Amdocs and Ovum suggests 91 percent of the world’s leading mobile operators plan to hold trials of 5G sporting experiences at stadiums, with the likes of Verizon announcing the 5G availability at selected NFL stadiums. However, existing mobile and Wi-Fi networks lack the capacity for such densely-populated environments, which is why venues and operators are so excited about 5G. (Image credit: Verizon)Ĭonnectivity is increasingly important at sporting events with, as an example, the average Bundesliga match attracting 43,000 spectators, who consume an average of 500GB – a figure which has risen by 50 percent over the past 12 months.īecause of this, some sporting organisations fear that spectators will stay at home if they can't stay connected.

Verizon has now enabled 5G in a number of NFL stadiums.

Improved viewing experience at sporting events In the initial stage of the project, driverless vehicles will be used to transport and distribute medicines, which will be delivered via a contactless system, which will help reduce workload and infection risk among frontline workers.ģ. And this scheme enables the transportation of goods around the Siriraj Hospital campus in Thailand, where workers face a similar risk to those in the UK.

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The companies are talking up the benefits of the technology as not only enabling greater levels of autonomy but also detailed and specific information such as whether there's something in your blind spot.Įlsewhere, Huawei, in partnership with Thailand National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Communication (NBTC) and Siriraj Hospital, has launched a new project to use 5G-powered self-driving vehicles to deliver medical supplies.Īccording to data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics, jobs such as bus drivers and hospital porters are particularly at risk from catching Covid-19 whilst at work, with both jobs in the top 20% when it comes to exposure. The iNext will include technology from Samsung subsidiary Harman. The TCU will be included in the BMW iNext, coming in 2021. Other figures include a positive benefit to the economy of £880m a year from improved productivity as well as the reduction of CO2 emissions by 370,000 metric tonnes a year.Īt the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2020, Samsung and BMW showcased the companies' efforts in connected cars, revealing the 5G TCU (Telematics Control Unit).

The aim is to develop a road management system with the focus on a 10 percent reduction in the time that motorists spend in traffic. The organisation is based in Greenwich as well as the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

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O2 has also now announced a project to trial driverless cars in London using its 5G network. The UK's second-biggest phone network has partnered with the Smart Mobility Living Lab - a research organisation comprised of experts from the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), DG Cities, Cisco, and Loughborough University - to develop what it claims to be the ‘most advanced driverless testbed in the world’. Waymo, the car previously known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project (Image credit: Waymo)

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