5G trials in UK will start next year

The UK is set to take a major step forward in the development of 5G networks following the release of new research funding by the government today. Tests of the next-generation networks are set to begin as early as 2018, spearheaded by three UK universities which have been at the forefront of telecoms research in the past. Kings College London and the Universities of Surrey and Bristol will be the beneficiaries of the funding, which was originally revealed during Chancellor Philip Hammond's spring budget, and is the first part of a four-year program of investment and collaboration in the government’s new 5G… [Continue Reading]