Project Title:

SNS Collaborative Operations and Output Optimisation (SNS CO-OP), ID: 101192000

Project Description:

The SNS CO-OP project is dedicated to supporting and facilitating the activities of the European Union's Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) initiative. The project orchestrates strategic activities in collaboration with the SNS JU Office and the 6G Industry Association to promote the European industry's perspective on 6G, highlight the achievements of the 6G SNS initiative and its projects, and advance the goals of the SNS JU. Building upon the platforms and communities established by previous projects SNS OPS and SNS ICE, SNS CO-OP aims to stimulate and align complementary activities across the broader 6G SNS stakeholder community. Additionally, the project will provide support for the EUCNC & 6G Summit events in 2025 and 2026, leveraging the experience from the 6GStart project. The project team will regularly assess dissemination and communication effectiveness using measurable parameters to maximize the impact of the SNS initiative in partnership with all ongoing SNS projects.

The main goal for LLC ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OF LATVIA is to ensure the platform of “Techritory” for publishing of project outcomes.

Project partners:

1. EURESCOM-EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND STDE Coordinator 
2. 6G SMART NETWORKS AND SERVICES INDUSTRY ASSOCIA BE Partner 
3. NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS GMBH &CO KG DE Partner 
4. ERICSSON AB SE Partner 
5. THALES SIX GTS FRANCE SAS FR Partner 
6. TELENOR ASA NO Partner 
7. TELECOM ITALIA SPA IT Partner 
8. SAS IDATE FR Partner 
9. NOKIA NETWORKS FRANCE FR Partner 
10. SOUTH EAST TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY IE Partner 
11. MTU AUSTRALO ALPHA LAB EE Partner 
12. TRUST-IT SERVICES SRL IT Partner 
13. COMMPLA SRL IT Affiliated 
14. INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES PT Partner 
15. NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUUR NL Partner 

16. CENTRE TECNOLOGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATA ES Partner 
17. LLC ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OF LATVIA  Parnter
18. INOV INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPU PT Partner 
19. OULUN YLIOPISTO FI Partner 
20. POLITECHNIKA POZNANSKA PL Partner 
21. UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA ES Partner 
22. TELEFONICA INNOVACION DIGITAL SL ES Partner

Project Duration:

January 1, 2025 – March 31, 2027

Project Funding:

Total cost: €4,173,385.00; of which co-funding for Electronic Communications Office of Latvia  202 500, 00 EUR.

European Commission Funding Acknowledgment: This project is co-funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe program under Grant Agreement No. 101192000.

Project title:

Project "INACT" – Co-financing by the Association LETERA for the internationalization activities of LLC Electronic Communications Office of Latvia

Description:

LLC Electronic Communications Office of Latvia participates in the Rehabilitation Fund project no. 5.1.1.2.i.0/3/24/A/CFLA/005 "Latvian Electrical Engineering and Electronics Industry Cluster".

The aim of the project:

To support the internationalization of Latvian electrical engineering and electronics industry cluster members and to increase private investments in research and development.

Project Timeframe:

Project implementation period: February 2025 – June 2026

Funding:

Total budget is 35 294 EUR, of which 30 000,00 EUR co-funded by LETERA.
More about the project at https://www.letera.lv/projekts/latvijas-elektrotehnikas-un-elektronikas-nozares-klasteris/.

Project Title

Development of 5G systems for the protection of life and public health in Riga - 5G4Lives

ID No. 101133716

Description

In an era of as technology advances at an unprecedented pace, the project takes center stage as an initiative committed to harnessing innovation for the greater good. This project reveals its transformative vision in two different geographical sets – Latvia and Italy. It strategically combines 5G connectivity with cutting-edge technologies such as enabled monitoring of drones (UAVs or drones) and of alternative hydrogen charging overturns. With the dual task of improving public safety and environmental health, the project is exploring data-driven forecasting and understanding of the real-time aerial situation as the backbone of a safer, more efficient, and sustainable future.

The main objective of the Project is to ensure optimal emergency management and data-driven forecasting covering the safety of the public. With 5G connectivity and UAV dynamic fusion, the goal is to provide real-time air situational awareness and automatic vulnerability assessment in the risk areas. The scope of the project goes beyond traditional bailouts, strengthening innovations to protect both human lives and the environment.

Project in Latvia is related to the use of drones and 5G technology in monitoring and rescue work, especially at Vecāķu Beach and Ķīšezers lake, in different seasons. The project also includes studies in Riga on safety protocols and procedures for the operation of drones in urban airspace for and flight methodology beyond vision limits (BVLOS) covering the whole EU. With the use of 5G and drones, the project promises faster and more effective emergency response, addressing staffing shortages in law enforcement and expanding their competences. In Turin, the focus is on developing a 5G-enabled service to identify the situation and assess vulnerabilities to combat the threat of natural disasters. This includes testing anti-drone hacking technology, integrating satellite data and improving the pilot-drone team to improve emergency response s.. In Italy, the project will mitigate the threat of natural disasters and test innovative anti-drone hacking technologies, which will result in rescue teams receiving operational information and providing an effective reactionary in emergencies. . In addition, the development of safety protocols and procedures for urban drone flights and validation of THE BVLOS flight methodology will set new standards for public safety and security.

The project underlines Community engagement and knowledge sharing, ensuring that the benefits of these technological advances go beyond immediate emergency management to promote a more resilient and informed society.

Project Partners

• Riga State City municipal Agency “Riga Digital Agency” (managing Partner) and Riga State City Municipal Police (LV);
• SIA Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LV),
• Electronic Communications Office of Latvia (LV),
• VEFRESH (LV),
• WIND TRE SPA (IT),
• COMUNE DI TORINO (IT),
• Politechnico di Torino (IT).

Project Timeframe

January 2024 to December 2026

Funding

The project “Development of 5G systems for the protection of life and public health in Riga - 5G4Lives” is co-funded by the European Union, under Connecting Europe Facility Digital Programme (CEF Digital) for CEF Digital.

The total cost of the project is EUR 3 826 000. The project is funded at 75% of the European Commission's Connecting Europe Facility Digital Programme (CEF Digital).

5G4LIVES Project has received funding from European Unions CEF DIGITAL 2022 5SMARTCOM program under grant Agreement from 101133716

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Communication Materials

The launch of the 5G4LIVES R&D project

31.01.2024

ECO conducts test measurements within 5G4LIVES project

23.07.2024

5G4LIVES project: panel discussion within 5G Techritory

01.11.2024

Project Title

Connecting Pockets of MetaCity Excellence around the Baltic Sea Region (Metacities).

Metacities, ID No. 101134225

Description

The main objective of METACITIES is to speed up, consolidate, align and leverage the existing MetaCity and Smart City initiatives of the partner regions, and through this, build the world’s leading connected MetaCity Region across the Baltic Sea (BSR).

MetaCity is a novel smart city and urban innovation concept, focusing on open innovation which is supported and encouraged by digital environments and social networks. MetaCity is responding to, and leveraging on the post-pandemic transition to virtual co-operation and virtual urban services. MetaCity is an emerging regional policy objective, already in regional policy planning in Oulu Region and Latvia. MetaCity aims to expand ICT-oriented Smart City development to a wider base of regional innovation capabilities and innovation capture, including for example service innovations and social innovations.

The METACITIES project connects a balanced mix of MetaCity and Smart City ecosystems: definite global thematic leaders, thematic followers, urban capital areas, mid-size central towns, and more rural regions. It will strengthen ecosystem collaboration between the MetaCity Regions in the Baltic Sea area and prepare the collaboration opportunity space. It will create a joint action plan for Baltic Sea MetaCity Regions and decide the action plan details in interaction with regional funding decision-making

METACITIES aims to position the EU BSR area as the World’s leading “Connected Regional Innovation Valley” for MetaCity innovations

Project Partners

• EIT DIGITAL Belgium (Coordinator)
• City of Oulu, Finland
• Electronic Communications Office of Latvia
• Luleå University of Technology Sweden
• EdTech Hub Ventures Poland
• University of Oulu Finland

Project Timeframe

01.11.2023. – 31.11.2024. (13 months)

Funding

The project “Connecting Pockets of MetaCity Excellence around the Baltic Sea Region (Metacities)” is 100% funded by European Commission (Horizon Europe, European Innovation Ecosystem), under call HORIZON-EIE-2023-CONNECT-01.

The total cost of the project is EUR 499,990.63