Queen's digital testbed to offer 5G benefits to industry

A collaboration between Queen’s, BT and Cisco, the project is part of a co-investment to create a 5G enabled digital factory.

The testbed, based at Queen’s University Northern Ireland Technology Centre (NITC), will allow local manufacturers to collaborate and explore the benefits of 5G connectivity, helping them to become more efficient, productive, less wasteful and able to compete globally.

In a statement, head of the NITC Colm Higgins said: “As the manufacturing sector moves towards digital technologies and supporting Industry 4.0, digital testing is vital in helping to improve performance and quality of production. 5G technology offers higher speeds, greater capacity and shorter response times to the digital environment.

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“This £500,000 investment by BT, Cisco and Queen’s is an important collaboration of academia and business and will help us to deliver our mission of driving innovation and creating solutions from R&D. This will in turn help to grow market opportunities and create a step change in smart manufacturing.”