Up to £600,000 is available through the Tay5G Challenge Fund 2 to support up to six applicants who can apply for between £60,000 and £250,000 to demonstrate impactful projects for products, services or solutions which use 5G networks.

Applicants from across the UK are eligible to apply but are encouraged to engage with organisations in Tay Cities Region and Scotland.

Tay5G’s goal is to create opportunities to trial 5G mobile communications with use cases for all kinds of sectors from entertainment to manufacturing, healthcare to construction, and fashion to automated transport.

5G networks are especially useful in enabling advanced communications such as virtual reality, automation and the Internet of Things – a key tool for Smart Cities.

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Dundee City Council Convener of Fair Work, Economic Growth and Infrastructure, councillor Steven Rome said: “The Tay5G Challenge Fund has been designed to help the Tay City Region growth sectors embrace 5G networks and enhance their business by optimising processes, increasing capability through to enabling new products and services.

“We look forward to hearing from innovators with ideas for projects which harness the power of 5G technology to drive economic growth. We funded some fascinating projects in the first round, in fields as diverse as fashion, agritech, smart cities and broadcasting, and I’m sure that will be the case again.”