On June 10, 2025, the consortium of the 5G4Lives project gathered in Riga to reflect on the initiative’s achievements and design scenarios to fully leverage the power of the 5G network in two project areas in Latvia. The workshop was organized and hosted by LMT.
Marking the first half of the 3-year initiative, project members met in person to reflect on the progress so far and discuss the upcoming testing of real-time drone-enabled emergency services in Riga and Torino – network requirements, security, platform control, and actual demo plans.
The 5G4Lives project consortium also engaged in a workshop – Unlocking Urban Living with 5G: Scenarios, Challenges, and Capacity Solutions. During the hands-on workshop, partners used service design principles to explore innovative ways of leveraging 5G and drone infrastructure in Ķīšezers and Vecāķi. The session sparked engaging discussions and generated creative ideas for expanding the project’s scope, including innovative solutions that could be deployed in the area of Ķīšezers and Mežaparks, such as:
- Buoys with sensors capable of detecting pollution – a network of buoys monitoring several types of water pollution that transmit the data using 5G connectivity to responsible authorities
- IoT sensors for parking lot occupancy – data transmitted over a 5G network and provided to the end-user via an app
- Micro-buoys or IoT sensors monitoring water temperature and other parameters – the information is made publicly available via an app or website
- Autonomous food delivery – self-operating robots or vehicles that transport food from restaurants to customers and use 5G network capabilities in the process
The primary objective of this workshop was to illustrate to project stakeholders the extensive opportunities presented by the 5G infrastructure that is deployed for the 5G4LIVES use cases. We engaged participants in hands-on modelling of novel use cases to effectively leverage this infrastructure for the betterment of the urban environment and wider community.
Nikita Kazakevičs, Ecosystem Partnerships Lead, Innovation Development Division, LMTOne of the ambitions of the 5G4Lives initiative is to create a drone corridor in Latvia that emergency responders, such as the local police, can effectively use. The corridor is set to host 5G-enabled drones, leveraging AI to ease the burden on human resources significantly. The first demonstration of the corridor is expected to be held later this year.
5G4Lives is a collaborative project aimed at enabling the development of an emergency management and risk prevention service focusing on search and rescue operations in Riga, Latvia, and the management of natural disasters in Turin, Italy. The project unites eight public and private sector organizations – Riga State City Municipal Agency, Riga State City Municipal Police, LMT, The Electronic Communications Office of Latvia, VEFRESH, WIND TRE SPA, COMUNE DI TORINO, and the Polytechnic University of Turin.