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Ford Tasks App Developers to Move Morocco with Shared Taxis in Newest Mobility Challenge

  • Ford calls for app developers to help tackle mobility challenges in Morocco offering $30,000 in prize, as it continues to expand Ford’s Innovate Mobility Challenge Series to new cities
  • The Code for Taxicabs Mobility Challenge is seeking technological solutions that focus on making shared rides faster, safer, and/or more cost and time efficient for taxi drivers and their passengers

Vodafone and Ericsson demonstrate new 5G Proof of Concept

  • Vodafone and Ericsson demonstrate a new 5G Proof of Concept following joint commitment to 5G innovation announced at Mobile World Congress 2016
  • The world first 5G Smart Network Edge prototype built by connecting the Vodafone 5G lab, Düsseldorf with the Ericsson Eurolab, Aachen
  • A Machine Vision application was used to demonstrate benefits of 5G Smart Network Edge shown live during the Ericsson Innovation Days in Aachen

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Ericsson and King’s College London demonstrate 5G tactile robotic surgery

  • 5G provides the surgeon with a sense of touch during remote surgery
  • Can be used for diagnosis or during the surgery for identifying cancerous tissue
  • Controlled and monitored via Software Defined Networking

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and King’s College London demonstrated a 5G use case of tactile robotic surgery at 5G World 2016 in London on 29-30 June. The “Remote Control and Intervention” 5G medical

Erıcsson consumerlab: Pakistanis see mobıle ınternet as the gateway to the world

  • From 2007 to 2015, there has been a 20 percent increase in the number of consumers who want to be connected, wherever they are
  • There is strong interest among mobile internet users to upgrade for faster connectivity
  • The mobile internet is perceived as a gateway to the rest of the world with internet browsing and social networking being the most popular activities

Ericsson’s (NASDAQ:ERIC) ConsumerLab conducted a study on consumer attitude

Ericsson ConsumerLab: Turkey tops advanced countries in mobile internet services

  • Turkey outdistances global giants in mobile access to several services such as social networks and instant messaging, shows Ericsson ConsumerLab report
  • Over the last two years, various lines of service including customer services gained more importance in users’ satisfaction with operators
  • 42 percent of the accepters wish to upgrade to 4.5G, while 44 percent of rejecters think that it will be no different than 3G

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