Liverpool’s private 5G network could provide public services “blueprint”

The Liverpool 5G consortium has been awarded £4.3 million (US$5.6 million) to continue developing its own private, independent 5G network for health and social care services.

The programme will trial new 5G applications and business models and aims to reduce digital poverty for vulnerable people by providing free, reliable connectivity for health, social care and education in selected areas of Liverpool. It will also generate best practices to help other cities use private 5G networks for public services.

The use of private 5G networks – advanced non-public or local area networks (LAN) which use 5G technologies to deliver dedicated connectivity – is growing in several enterprise sector...