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Telia, Ericsson and Intel First to Make 5G Real in Europe
First Public 5G Live Network in
Europe Shows Benefits of High-
Speed, Fast-Response Connectivity
to Consumers and Business
EU Digital Summit – Tallinn, Estonia,
Sept. 29, 2017 – Telia is deploying
the first public 5G live network use
cases in Europe in collaboration with
Ericsson and Intel. This includes
a high-speed 5G connection to
a commercial passenger cruise ship delivering internet
connectivity to the ship and its passengers while in port,
and an industrial use case featuring a construction excavator
remotely controlled with a live 5G network.
The move is an important milestone in the global 5G roadmap,
moving Ericsson, Intel and Telia, and more importantly Telia
customers, closer to the goal of bringing 5G services to life in
2018 in both Tallinn and Stockholm, two of the world’s most
digitalized cities.
VTT Technical Research Centre of
Finland’s new plasma equipment
accelerates industrial production
processes and the creation of new
products. The entire production
chain, from raw materials to
product, has been accelerated and
streamlined.
Material development is the next step
forward in the 3D printing. Plasma
equipment has been installed for VTT
in Tampere, for the development and piloting of 3D printing
powders. Plasma treatment changes the properties of various
raw materials, for example the flowability of a material can
be raised to the level required for 3D printing devices. The
role of plasma treatment is emphasized especially in the
processing of metal-ceramic composite powders.
There are only a few equivalent devices in Europe, which are
mainly used by research departments only. VTT’s equipment
is available for academy and industry. VTT’s ability to offer
a range of material composition that fulfil the needs of
Gabriela Styf Sjöman, global head
of networks for Telia Company,
says: “We want to be early with 5G
and will bring it to life in Stockholm,
Tallinn and Helsinki in 2018. We
work together with our partners in
the whole ecosystem to explore the
powerful effect it is going to have
for our customers and in society.
It’s not only about building a new
network but it’s also about building a new way of thinking
and perceiving what a mobile network can be and can do.
High speed, low latency, guaranteed capacity and truly
mobile is going to push the boundaries of digitalization and
we want to be there pushing it together with our partners.”
Deploying early 5G solutions in real-world settings is vital
for the industry to learn how the various technologies
integrate into different types of businesses, in what types of
environments it performs best, and the interoperability
industry and research teams is
expanding considerably. Machine
and equipment manufacturers and
the energy sector will particularly
benefit from the plasma equipment.
Research institutions and universities
could also benefit from it.
The new equipment is part of
VTT’s pilot environment for powder
materials. It will enable pilot-scale
demonstration across the entire
production chain, from powder to product.
“We offer an easy way to bring ideas and research results
much closer to industrial exploitation. Our pilot environment,
which is based on the one-stop principle, will markedly
accelerate the achievement of results. We facilitate the
entire production chain, from raw material to the testing of
the finished component, thereby avoiding interruptions in
companies’ own production processes,” says Tomi Lindroos,
Research Team Leader at VTT.
VTT upgrades pilot environment for 3D printing of metals:
powders a step towards the future of product development
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