{"id":9080,"date":"2020-02-20T16:41:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/netmoregroup.com\/news\/netmore-enables-sherwood-forest-to-be-the-worlds-first-5g-connected-forest\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T16:41:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:41:17","slug":"netmore-enables-sherwood-forest-to-be-the-worlds-first-5g-connected-forest","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/netmoregroup.com\/sv\/news\/netmore-enables-sherwood-forest-to-be-the-worlds-first-5g-connected-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Netmore enables Sherwood Forest to be the world\u00b4s first 5G connected forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netmore enables Sherwood Forest to be the world\u00b4s first 5G connected forest<\/h1>\n

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Nottinghamshire County Council leads a major consortium which includes testing a new virtual reality experience at the home of Robin Hood all enabled by Netmore.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visitors to the UK\u2019s Sherwood Forest Country Park will be able to get a 3D experience of the forest like never before following the go-ahead for a \u00a310m project to test the latest 5G technology at the world-renowned tourist destination.\u00a0Netmore brings Scandinavian experience of forest coverage, its UK operations (in alliance with Connect Fibre) to act as operator partner supporting this exciting tourist-driven innovation.<\/p>\n

Government funding worth \u00a35 million, which will be matched by a consortium led by Nottinghamshire County Council, has been announced as part of a series of government-funded trials to seize the potential of modern technology by\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport today (Thursday 20 February)<\/p>\n

Netmore Group UK operation will build and operate the local 5G network and is a member of the consortium.<\/p>\n

Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cConnecting the ancient Sherwood Forest with next-generation 5G technology will help bring its story and legendary characters to life through virtual reality, with huge knock-on benefits for Nottinghamshire\u2019s visit economy. With \u00a35 million of government funding matched by industry, I\u2019m very excited to see what lessons can be learned about the innovative ways 5G can boost Britain\u2019s brilliant tourism experiences.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Stefan Stanislawski, Head of Netmore Group UK said:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u201cNetmore joined the consortium after being impressed by the vision of Nottinghamshire County Council using 5G to improve the experience of tourists. Tourism is a significant economic sector in rural areas and we think this project could have a far-reaching impact. Netmore is a Scandinavian mobile operator specialising\u00a0in private mobile networks and we are very pleased to have been awarded this project to build our first 5G network in the UK\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nottinghamshire County Council leader, Councillor Kay Cutts MBE said:<\/strong>
\n\u201cNottinghamshire is once again at the forefront of latest technology, bringing together some of the best academic minds,\u00a03D creators and experts in 5G. This will be the world\u2019s first testing, of 5G, in a forest.\u00a0 It will bring the stories associated with Robin Hood and our ancient woodland to life in a new way. Together with our partners, we will create a virtual reality experience for visitors to Sherwood Forest to attract even more families and visitors to Nottinghamshire from across the UK and overseas, bringing benefits to local businesses and our economy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The \u00a310m funding will launch the 25-month test bed and trial programme to create the world\u2019s first 5G Connected Forest at the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre and surrounding area, including Rufford Abbey Country Park, which are managed by the RSPB and Parkwood Outdoors on behalf of the County Council.<\/p>\n

5G is the next generation of connective technology that can power machines, objects, and devices including driving vehicles remotely and creating faultless mobile phone connections in places where this was previously not possible. Focusing on how 5G technology can benefit tourism and environment sectors,\u00a0the pilot, which starts next month, will test new approaches to using virtual and augmented reality experiences for visitors as well as at ways to improve visitor accommodation and transport.<\/p>\n

Highlights of the 5G Connected Forest project will include:<\/p>\n