21 December 2023

The Madrid City Council organized on December 15 the First Workshop on Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity to present the results of the “Madrid, Digital Capital” initiative, aligned with national and international strategies. The event took place in the Pavilion of the Cecilio Rodríguez Gardens in Retiro and was attended by more than 180 professionals from various municipal areas, technology companies, and sector institutions.

During this conference, various initiatives and projects aimed at addressing the current challenges in the field of Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity were presented. Notable topics included Digital Training and Inclusion, the implementation of Accessible Digital Services, and the adoption of Smart Process Management. To progress towards sustainable digitalization, collaboration between administrations, companies, institutions, and citizens is essential. The IotMADLab Laboratory and the Cybersecurity Center are highlighted as examples of this joint effort.

Throughout the day, digital delegates from different government areas and the heads of the Digital Office and IAM presented some transversal initiatives, Govtech project studies, and a demonstration of the city’s digital twin capabilities.

December 05, 2023

The 5G working group of IoTMADLab, led by the School of Telecommunication Engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, has announced a tender for the deployment of a private 5G STAND-ALONE network in the FR1 (<6GHz) and FR2 (26 GHz) bands.

The tender, which falls within the scope of the agreement between the UPM and the Madrid City Council for the IoTMADLab and is funded by NextGen funds, focuses on the following use cases:

The infrastructure will form the core of the 5GMADnet network, in which pre-commercial use cases and products will be developed by members of the Madrid City 5G Forum. Initially, it will cover the facilities of the Higher Technical School of Telecommunication Engineers, in various bands and with capabilities for Edge Computing and IoT. It will be able to apply concepts such as Network Slicing and bandwidths of 1Gbps in upstream, among others.

It is planned that this network will provide coverage in various Smart Urban Spaces, where the SIMs will have the full capacity of this network. However, it is expected that it can be extended through public operator infrastructures.

More details: 5G Madrid Space