The main objective of the
LEAN project is to provide a broadband Internet service in mobility in areas where the deployment and operation of a standard infrastructure would not be economically viable, either because the area has few potential users (
rural areas) or because the purchasing power of the end users is low (
emerging countries). In this connection, the project contributes actively to reducing the digital divide and is fully aligned with the European Commission’s digital agenda.
From a technological standpoint, the project proposes to define, implement and validate a new network architecture, based on the latest developments of the fifth generation of mobile communications (
5G), with high flexibility and scalability and low operating costs. The project ends with the implementation of a pilot in real conditions, on which the distribution of audio visual content will be tested as the main use case.
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Internet users world map. Source: Wikipedia)
The LEAN project is being developed by a European consortium comprising 11 European companies (from France, Spain and the Netherlands) and is led by Orange-FR. In Spain, apart from
Retevisión (Cellnex Group), the participating companies are Nokia and Quobis and the CTTC research centre. It has an expected duration of two years (2017-2019) and has the support and funding of the Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda through the AEESD program (File: TSI‑102102‑2017‑2).