The document outlines upcoming smart city opportunities for Belfast, including competing for £200 million in UK government funding for local full fiber networks, piloting 5G technology, creating a free low-power wide area network and associated challenge fund, developing an immersive technology hub and competitions, issuing smart city innovation challenges, and holding monthly meetings for local small and medium enterprises.

1. www.belfastcity.gov.uk/smartbelfast
Ronan Cregan
Deputy Chief Executive
Belfast City Council

2. www.belfastcity.gov.uk/smartbelfast
Forthcoming opportunities?
▪ DCMS’s £200m Local Full Fibre competition?
▪ 5G pilot?
▪ A Northern Ireland free-to-use LPWAN network?
(And associated £30,000 Belfast IoT challenge fund)
▪ Belfast Immersive Tech hub & competitions
▪ Smart Belfast SBRI challenge
▪ Innovation in public service transformation?
Planned: Monthly Smart Belfast SME network meetings.