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Mobile apps help locate the closest charging points.
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Smart 5G chargers talk to the electricity grid to prioritise power to vehicles with lower charge levels helping to balance electricity supplies across a city?
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Try before you buy using mobile connected augmented reality mirrors that instantly put virtual clothes onto you.
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Mobile apps can also notify you about local offers. What can be better than saving money and looking good?
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5G connected advertising boards could in the future personalise advertising just to you as you walk past or provide up to date local information and offers.
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In 2019 the world’s first holographic 5G advertisement was unveiled.
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Streaming your favourite song, catching up on the latest news or keeping up to date via your favourite podcast, music or news channel is all enabled via mobile-connected phones.
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Over 19.1 million Britons listen to podcasts and 79% of those Britons listen to podcasts on their smartphones.
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Mobile-connected apps connect to local buses providing location and arrival information. In the future 5G-connected buses could even drive themselves.
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The UK’s first fully autonomous self-driving bus is already in service in Scotland?
Vehicles connected to mobile networks mean businesses and customers can track goods and deliveries and ensure worker safety.
Mapping and location data connected to mobile networks reduces environmental impact and travel times and traffic jams.
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Need to get somewhere fast? Mobile-connected apps let you call on public transport when you need it ensuring you never miss out on where you need to be.
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5G-connected vehicles will enable self-driving taxis?
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Trying to find your way around town? Mobile phone mapping software can help you find your way whilst also providing up-to-date information on shop opening times and special offers.
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Digital change means more public services are available online and accessible via mobile connections. Paying for local services such as council tax is simple and pay for parking via your phone means you don’t need loose change.
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In Estonia, all public services are available online via the e-residency programme enabling people to vote, sign contracts, buy and sell property and launch a business from their mobile phone or computer
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Need to work on the move? Mobile working and hotdesking is now the norm all enabled by mobile-connected devices.
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Nearly 24 million people in the UK are using smartphones to join office meetings, video calls, write documents, edit spreadsheets, and answer email.
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Across cities mobile connected monitors constantly take readings managing air quality, pollution levels and traffic flows.
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Mobile connected traffic lights powered by AI can change based on the level of traffic or to prioritise emergency vehicles.
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Mobile technology will also improve the experience for people with disabilities, such as deaf people or hard-of-hearing by offering fans a custom experience tailored to their needs.
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Vodafone unveiled 5G-enabled haptic suits that create the sensation of feelings, at Mighty Hoopla Festival, allowing deaf people and hard-of-hearing fans to experience live music like never before.
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Mobile connectivity already helps people buy tickets and access information online.
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With 5G live events intelligent monitoring and crowd control will ensure safety and enable others to enjoy the same event experience remotely via augmented or virtual reality. Verizon has collaborated with Cisco to deliver numerous new capabilities for live events.
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Mobile businesses such as ice cream vans can accept mobile payments meaning they can work wherever they want - making sure an ice cream is always available when the sun is out!
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The world's first ‘contactless cone’ vehicle has been trialled in London developed by Barclaycard in partnership with ice-cream van merchant One Cornetto to cut the time spent waiting in line for a frozen treat.
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5G technology can measure and monitor the environment much more quickly and easily than humans and existing technology can.
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5G connectivity, working in combination with artificial intelligence, has helped to uncover illegal logging in Costa Rican rainforests in real-time, giving rangers a better chance to catch the culprits. 5G-enabled technology has even encouraged pandas to breed by identifying mating calls and replaying them during narrow fertility windows.
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