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West Midlands announces e-scooter trial

04 Sep 2020

Voi has been awarded an exclusive tender and will work with Transport for West Midlands to bring e-scooters to major towns and cities in the region including Birmingham and Coventry.

West Midlands local authorities to trial e-scooters

22 Jul 2020

Trials will take place in dedicated zones in each local authority, covering areas where existing on-highway infrastructure is in place to safely accommodate e-scooter use.

Work on 300km CAV test environment underway in the UK

22 May 2020

Located in the West Midlands and spanning the cities of Coventry and Birmingham, it will allow connected and autonomous vehicles to be trialled on urban, rural, suburban and highway roads.

5G testbed demonstrates the ambulance of the future, today

24 Jun 2019

The West Midlands 5G testbed joined with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and BT to demonstrate a remote-controlled ultrasound scan over a public 5G network.

Birmingham New Street becomes first UK station to trial 5G

05 Apr 2019

The Mayor of the West Midlands and commuters and travellers were the first to test speeds as part of Vodafone’s live trial.

Multi-city 5G testbed launched in the UK

05 Sep 2018

The UK cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands will become 5G hubs after winning national competition

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