“We ’ ve secured funding from the local government association for a Digital Pathfinders project .”
CEREN CLULOW DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY MANAGER , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Clulow reveals that she has already dreamed up new directions that she can take the project in : “ We ’ ve secured funding from the local government association for a Digital Pathfinders project . The idea is to fit a device in our waste recycling vehicles , which travel through each street , to help collect data for us about 4G and 5G coverage . Birmingham City University , our delivery partners , will be putting this information into a map and that will be published on our website .
“ That map will not only help us to provide some information about the areas requiring support , but it will also help communities and businesses to access the most accurate information for the area . Unfortunately this kind of information is not shared by Ofcom or mobile network operators with the same accuracy . So we want to help residents if they ' re buying a house , if they are developing a business , if they ' re expanding their business – we want to help them and provide the most accurate information for them to use ,” she concludes , her mind clearly still buzzing with possible projects to work on .
It ’ s this imaginative problem solving underpinning the entire project – as well as the unwavering dedication from everyone involved – that really helped the full scope to materialise , in spite of the pandemic and every other obstacle .
Now , as the final tests and trials take place , ready for launch , the team can breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the realisation of what was thought by many to be impossible : a 5G Connected Forest . And there ’ s no one more to thank for that than Ceren Clulow ; a 5G trailblazer , indeed . mobile-magazine . com 65