VIAVI Joins ORBIT Consortium to Bring Digital Twin Technology to Private 5G on Blackpool's Trams and Buses
PR Newswire•10/11/2026•06:30 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤ORBIT project budget approximately $4.15 million for Blackpool private 5G network
- ➤VIAVI to model tram and bus routes using TeraVM AI RAN Scenario Generator
- ➤Project will test multi-vendor Open RAN through live tram and bus demonstrators
- ➤ORBIT partners include Blackpool Council, University of York and Hitachi Rail
Expert Statements
Ian Langley, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless, Security and Applications, VIAVI
“The same approach to validating connectivity and AI-driven control before live deployment can be applied beyond ORBIT to other critical, distributed assets such as utilities, airports, ports, advanced manufacturing sites and other nationally significant infrastructure.”
Ian Langley, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Wireless, Security and Applications, VIAVI
“ORBIT gives us a live reference case for applying our digital twin capabilities to network deployments across critical sectors to reduce cost and risk.”
VIAVI Joins ORBIT Consortium to Bring Digital Twin Technology to Private 5G on Blackpool's Trams and Buses PR Newswire
RAN digital twin modeling to plan and validate multi-vendor Open RAN deployment in a live public transport environment
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