This project will enable offering innovative digital healthcare services, smart and green schools, and public safety in sparsely populated rural areas in central Greece and Greek islands.
What will it provide?
The project aims to reduce the digital divide and to provide high-quality services to people in need. It will help provide advanced healthcare services such as telemedicine, augmented and virtual reality-assisted immersive learning experiences, and remote monitoring and surveillance.
How will it work?
The project’s 5G non-standalone mobile network, moving to standalone, will enable the implementation of three use cases:
- Digital healthcare
The project will enable real-time vital signs monitoring based on wearable devices; live video streaming for paramedics with remote doctor support and ultrasound images; use of Internet of Things and augmented reality devices; electronic medical records (EMRs), disease self-management tools, clinical decision support tools and robotic-powered operations.
- Smart and green schools
The project will allow the integration into schools of air quality monitoring indoors and outdoors; smart energy management for consumption monitoring by sector (water, energy, gas); smart recycling bins; a dashboard for the calculation and visualisation of the Environmental Social Governance’s impact; a student awareness and rewarding platform; wireless network coverage extension; and study programmes based on augmented and virtual reality technologies.
- Public protection
For public protection, the project will allow the improvement of wildfire and flood prevention and detection through Internet of Things combined with Artificial Intelligence; 24/7 surveillance with either static cameras or unmanned aerial vehicles; multi-sensor stations for environmental and meteorological monitoring; transmission devices for communication; a cloud management platform with specialised software; Artificial Intelligence algorithms for predicting the degree of risk, detecting incidents and predicting the evolution of fires; and an application for notifying authorities instantly with geolocation information and other statistics.
How will it be built?
The project will deploy a 5G non-standalone mobile network, moving to standalone. It will install 5G new radio equipment and upgrade wireless backhaul equipment, antennas and links to support the newly deployed or upgraded radio access network. The network will offer speeds of up to 10 Gbps, and will comprise:
- 5G deployment at 700 and 2100 MHz;
- Approximately 50 new 5G radio access network base stations using Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology;
- Fibre or wireless backhaul solutions for interconnecting the 5G base stations;
- Cloud and edge computing resources.
How is it financed?
The project has a total budget of €6.60 million, of which €4.95 million under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital programme.
Who is involved?
The project is lead by WINGS ICT Solutions Technologies Pliroforikis Kai Epikoinonion Anonymi Etaireai, as project coordinator, with OTE – ORGANISMOS TILEPIKOINVNIVN ELLADOS SA, DCCG – ANAPTYXIAKI DIADIMOTIKI ETERIA PSIFIAKES POLIS KENTRIKIS ELLADAS AE OTA (INTERMUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DIGITAL CITIES OF CENTRAL GREECE SA), and CRETE – KRITI (Region of Crete) as beneficiaries.
How can I find out more about the project?
For more information, please contact the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA). You can also visit the project page in the EU Funding and Tenders Portal or the project website and social media (LinkedIn, X)
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/5g-infrastructure-and-services-public-interest-and-social-inclusion-5g-terra