HKT put a standalone (SA) 5G network through its paces in a cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) trial on public roads, claiming the first application of SA technology to a vertical industry in Hong Kong.
The operator stated it conducted a trial this week on a dedicated 14km route in the city, using roadside units installed on traffic lights and lampposts to provide real-time traffic information to vehicles.
Peter Lam, MD of engineering at HKT, said smart mobility is “one of the key elements of the government’s Smart City Blueprint and C-V2X is the enabling technology that will transform urban transport”.
He anticipates the combination of 5G and C-V2X will enable autonomous driving which will “revolutionise” Hong Kong’s transportation services and help it “evolve into a world-class smart city”.
The trial is HKT’s latest work involving C-V2X: in 2017, it teamed with Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), Huawei and Qualcomm to establish the Smart Mobility Consortium [1] to bring C-V2X technologies to Hong Kong.
HKT launched 5G services [2] on a non-standalone network in April 2020.
[1] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/asia/asia-news/hkt-partners-to-form-v2x-alliance-in-hong-kong
[2] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/asia/asia-news/hong-kong-trio-vie-for-5g-glory
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