Verizon Accelerates 5G-enabled EMS Solutions with New Cohort of its 5G First Responder Lab
July 09 2020 - 9:00AM
As part of Verizon’s continued commitment to invest in public
safety and support first responders, the company has chosen five
companies to take part in the fourth cohort of its 5G First
Responder Lab. The companies will work together to accelerate 5G
development of solutions to common challenges along the EMS/patient
journey from pre-incident and emergency response to treatment and
recovery, all powered by Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network.
“With the COVID-19 global pandemic, EMS workers on the
frontlines are struggling with a heavy workload and oftentimes a
lack of vital information at their fingertips,” said Andrés
Irlando, senior vice president and president, Public Sector and
Verizon Connect at Verizon. “Solutions built on Verizon’s 5G Ultra
Wideband network will put critical information in the hands of EMS
workers by enabling innovations like smart dispatching,
non-emergent interventions, telehealth and remote diagnostics.
We’re excited to see the potentially life-saving solutions
developed by these innovators when given access to Verizon’s 5G
Ultra Wideband network.”
The companies participating in this cohort include:
- Biotricity: Focuses on near real-time remote medical
monitoring
- Rave Mobile Safety: Offers a critical communications and data
sharing platform
- DispatchHealth: Provides on-call medical care to your door
- Vuzix: Uses augmented reality to better inform First
Responders
- Visionable: Provides a platform for near real-time medical
collaboration
Over the next six months, these companies will have access to
Verizon 5G specialists, engineers and Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband
network to further develop their solutions using 5G’s high speed
and ultra-low latency capabilities. The 5G First Responder Lab
launched in November 2018 in partnership with Responder Corp. as a
first-of-its-kind innovation program to identify promising
technology companies, and give them access to 5G technology to test
and refine their 5G solutions for public safety. The first three
cohorts included 15 startups who tested their developments on 5G
Ultra Wideband, including autonomous persistent drones for security
and situational awareness, gun detection software using
existing municipal cameras, computer vision heads up display for
firefighters to see through smoke, and VR training for police
officers and EMTs. Verizon continues to explore partnership
opportunities with several of these startups.
Verizon is also now accepting applicants for the fifth cohort of
its 5G First Responder Lab focused on fire response and situational
awareness solutions. The fifth cohort participants will be selected
in Q4 2020. Apply here.
Learn more about Verizon 5G Labs and Verizon 5G technology. View
previous cohorts of the First Responder Lab by clicking on the
Alumni tab here.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on
June 30, 2000 and is celebrating its 20th year as one of the
world’s leading providers of communications, information and
entertainment products and services. Headquartered in New York City
and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated
revenues of $130.9 billion in 2018. The
company offers voice, data and video services and solutions on
its award-winning networks and
platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for
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