5G/6G Services Kick-Start
Pays companies up to 60,000 EUR to test space-enabled 5G/6G service ideas.
5G/6G Services Kick-Start is a European Space Agency programme that pays companies up to 60,000 euros — three-quarters of the contract value — to test space-enabled 5G/6G service ideas across sectors like e-health, hospitality, education, gaming, manufacturing, logistics, utilities, agriculture, automotive, and smart-city mobility. Kick-Start funding is meant to test whether an idea has real busin…
ESA's Kick-Start theme funds companies exploring how hybrid satellite and 5G/6G terrestrial networks could power new commercial services. Target sectors span e-health, hospitality, education, gaming, manufacturing, logistics, utilities, agriculture, automotive, and smart-city mobility.
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