Swisscom is joining forces with Ericsson and Qualcomm CDMA Technologies to identify the world’s most innovative start-ups and research teams working on 5G applications.
The five winners of the Swisscom Start-up Challenge will be invited to Switzerland in spring 2021 for an Exploration Week during which they will have the opportunity to carry out extensive testing on their prototypes in Swisscom’s live 5G network and take them to the next level. They will have access to the Swisscom 5G lab, its live network and to 5G devices, and will receive the support of experts and mentors from Ericsson, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies and Swisscom.
The winners will benefit from this head start: Swisscom is now joining forces with its partners Ericsson and Qualcomm CDMA Technologies to launch the Swisscom 5G Start-up Challenge and is inviting the winners to carry out extensive testing on their applications in the live 5G network and take them to the next level.
Launched in 2013, the Swisscom Start-up Challenge is focusing entirely on 5G in 2020, and this year, for the very first time, is open to start-ups and research teams from around the world. In the past seven years, the winners of the challenge, including Ava, Exeon Analytics, Futurae and Sentifi, have each travelled to Silicon Valley for a week-long Acceleration Programme. This year, Swisscom and its partners will invite the winners to spend a week in Switzerland, where they will have the opportunity to carry out extensive testing on the latest mobile generation's most innovative applications and take them to the next level – in the Swisscom network. Pick up expert knowledge and explore Switzerland Start-ups and research teams from across the world who want to exploit 5G’s potential and have already developed a product or prototype are invited to apply. Applications must be received at www.swisscom.com/startupchallenge by 11 October 2020. The ten most interesting applications will then be invited to the final in December 2020.
Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler, Chief Digital Officer, Swisscom
Together with our partners Ericsson and Qualcomm, we are very curious to see how much creativity start-ups around the world have already invested in 5G technology and look forward to welcoming the finalists in Switzerland.
Martin Bürki, Managing Director Ericsson Switzerland
As the driving force behind 5G, we at Ericsson are delighted to be able to offer creative people an appropriate innovation platform with the latest mobile technology.
