5G strategy
Case reference FOI2023/00430
Published 20 March 2023
Request
1. Do you have a 5G strategy for Herefordshire?
1.1 If yes, I request to see the complete strategy, its ambitions and its objectives.
1.2 If yes, has the public had the opportunity to read and understand Herefordshire Council's 5G strategy? Where was this information published?
1.3 I also request a supplementary document that includes the highest level of detail on all 5G technology that's planned to be used and currently in use in public spaces within Herefordshire:
(a) Companies and entities involved and the names of the company/entity officers.
(b) Specification sheets of any current or planned 5G technology.
(c) What technology e.g. units and arrays and street lighting are not currently 5G, but can be 5G enabled e.g. with current software, future software, hardware upgrades or retrofitting?
2. Please can you provide all documentation on the street light upgrades. This is to include full specifications and technical documentation and 5G capabilities, transmitters and/or receivers within the new street lighting infrastructure.
3. Does all Herefordshire Council street lighting have 5G capabilities? 3.1 If yes, is this infrastructure live/active?
4. If the new street lighting infrastructure has 5G capability and is not yet active, what date is it going live?
Response
1. Do you have a 5G strategy for Herefordshire?
A: No
1.1 If yes, I request to see the complete strategy, its ambitions and its objectives.
A: N/A
1.2 If yes, has the public had the opportunity to read and understand Herefordshire Council's 5G strategy? Where was this information published?
A: N/A
1.3 I also request a supplementary document that includes the highest level of detail on all 5G technology that's planned to be used and currently in use in public spaces within Herefordshire:
(a) Companies and entities involved and the names of the company/entity officers.
A: Cellular telecommunications are provided by Statutory Undertakers (Vodafone and the like), they are not obliged to advise what apparatus/ technology that they install on their assets.
(b) Specification sheets of any current or planned 5G technology.
A: Herefordshire Council have no plans to install 5G tech
(c) What technology e.g. units and arrays and street lighting are not currently 5G, but can be 5G enabled e.g. with current software, future software, hardware upgrades or retrofitting?
A: Street lighting units are not capable of being 5G enabled as they have no cellular telecoms hardware installed. I can confirm that where WiFi capability has been added to the columns that they are not, in themselves, capable of transmitting via 5G
2. Please can you provide all documentation on the street light upgrades. This is to include full specifications and technical documentation and 5G capabilities, transmitters and/or receivers within the new street lighting infrastructure.
3. Does all Herefordshire Council street lighting have 5G capabilities?
A: No
3.1 If yes, is this infrastructure live/active?
A: N/A
4. If the new street lighting infrastructure has 5G capability and is not yet active, what date is it going live?
A: N/A
Documents
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