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Project main goal
To enhance and create the necessary backbone infrastructure compliant with the requirements of autonomous vehicles along route Sofia – Dimitrovgrad (Serbia), part of the transport corridor “Orient/East-Med”, Belgrade-Sofia-Thessaloniki
Planned activities
Upgrade of the already existing optic route (25km), as well as a brand new one (~110km).
Benefits
The project is an opportunity for improvement of our fiber optic network so that it corresponds adequately to the transformation of the transportation industry and its development towards autonomous vehicles
What makes the 5G Balkans project unique?
Some of the main benefits and long-term goals of 5GBK
The Project is viewed as an enabler for unfolding the potential of connected and automated mobility (CAM), including safety, and non-safety services, other intelligent transport systems and in this way real Internet of Things (IoT), incl. Intelligent (“Smart”) Cars. Furthermore, the project foresees the need to prepare for providing edge computing as it will be the biggest challenge in the future ensuring efficient processes in delivering CAM service data transfer and speed, security, and reliability.
The key location of the region
The 5G Balkans Project takes into account Bulgaria’s strategic location at the crossroads of five TEN-T corridors. Bulgarian road connections are of key importance for both European exports and imports – freight transit through our country is expected to double by 2030
With the prospects of automated truck management and its benefits towards road safety, energy consumption and pollution reduction, the timely and effective implementation of CAM is supported by the CEF (Connected Europe Facility) funding of the 5G Balkans Project.
Where is the 5G Balkans project on the map of Europe?
The main goal of the project is to enhance and create the necessary backbone infrastructure compliant with the requirements of autonomous vehicles along route Sofia – Dimitrovgrad (Serbia) (part of the transport corridor “Orient/East-Med”, Belgrade-Sofia-Thessaloniki).
With the successful execution of the project, the Orient/East-Med Corridor will connect central Europe with the maritime interfaces of the North, Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas with total length: 3,712 km (from Hamburg to Nicosia)
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme under Grant agreement № 101133895
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