First responders using Excelerate technology Picture: Montpellier Public Relations While our 5G network infrastructure on this project has been delivered in around 18 months, it s actually 20 years in the making and a culmination of everything we have done over the past two decades to connect people s worlds. Robust and resilient connectivity shouldn t be a privilege, it should be for everyone and every sector regardless of location. This potentially life-saving information, where live updates of sea conditions and even cliff erosion would normally be inaccessible in areas that lack connectivity. It will also help to take some of the strain off ambulance and first responder services, not to mention agencies such as the coastguard and RNLI.