Telecommunications network

Tender description

As a joint funded venture between the Buckinghamshire Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (BTVLEP) and the Satellite Applications Catapult (SAC), we have agreed to establish a 5G Step out Centre (SoC) focused on resilient communications and ubiquitous Internet of things (IoT). At the heart of Buckinghamshire, the centre will be located at Westcott Venture Park this new facility will give hardware, software, platform and applications developers' access to the latest generation of networking equipment without the need to invest in expensive infrastructure. This will allow them to rapidly prototype and commission new services and applications under representative real-world conditions ahead of market rollout. Westcott will be developed as an inherent part of a 5G testbed ecosystem. The 5G Reach & Resilience Step out centre (5G R&R SoC) is an environment where start-ups, SME and industrials from around the world are able to develop on a future 5G environment. The 5G R&R SoC has been designed to enable innovative product prototyping in realistic, comprehensive environments, offering interoperability between new prototypes and current CoTS products and existing satellite & 3G/4G network deployments.