With a professional career based on almost two decades of experience in the telecommunications sector, Nuno Nunes has held management positions at NOS and was Corporate Commercial Director at Oni Telecom. He has a degree in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications from ISEL and a post-graduate degree in Leadership & Management from ISEG.
With a national and international professional career based on Industrial Operations (Production Management, Supply Chain, PMO) in the Energy Industry, in Transformers, Switchgear, Automation and Mobility areas. Helder Almeida currently serves as Operations Director of the Transformers Business Unit at Efacec Power Solutions. He has a degree in Information Systems Engineering from the Higher Institute of Engineering of Porto and completed an Executive MBA at Porto Business School.
With a career spanning more than 30 years in the telecommunications industry, José Pedro Nascimento was Director of Engineering and Network Operations at Altice Portugal. He has worked for several operators in Portugal - including Marconi, Vodafone, TVCabo and Portugal Telecom - and also in Brazil, where he was VP of Engineering at Vivo and responsible for Network Planning at Oi. He was also Global CTO of TIMWE.TECH. He has a degree in Engineering from IST and an MBA from AESE/IESE.
Fatima Caçador is a journalist and director of Casa dos Bits and has been following technology and internet topics for over 30 years. In 2000 she created SAPO TEK, which is a leading technology portal and the oldest in Portugal. Throughout her career she has received several journalism awards, including the National Innovation Agency’s Career Award.
Applications until April 15th.
The 5G Challenge is a technological innovation competition that seeks to validate, recognize, and reward solutions that drive digital transformation and the future of companies.
In this 2nd edition, we want to take the potential of 5G further, discovering use cases and services that exploit advanced features such as network slicing.
Entries are open to innovative national and international solutions, powered by technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, big data, cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), or others, which, together with 5G connectivity, make the difference in the companies lives.
Start of applications.
Deadline for applications.
Selected companies announcement.
Meetings with the selected companies.
Finalist companies announcement.
Final event.
€15.000(1)
€10.000(1)
€5.000(1)
Opportunity to win a cash prize.
Visibility among MEO Empresas clients and recognition for being selected.
Market validation and constructive feedback.
Presentation of the solution to potential clients.
Opportunity to set up a technological partnership with technical support from our professionals (mentoring), access to a specialized laboratory (golabs 5G) and 5G infrastructure.
Investment in a strategic partnership to support business scalability with MEO Empresas clients.
DirectorCasa dos Bits
Operations DirectorEfacec Power Solutions
Chief Technology OfficerAltice Portugal
Chief Sales OfficerB2B Altice Portugal
Read all the information about the competition, participation rules, evaluation criteria, and prizes, among other information here.
Make your application by 23:59 of April 15th, 2024, providing the following information:
Presentation to submit
Upload the presentation with the follow structure:
• Solution description • Value proposition• Target market/use cases• Competition and differentiating factors• Achievements• Customer references• Business model• Future prospects • Links to references of the solution, videos or others• Reasons for applying to the competition• Other relevant information
The maximum file size allowed is 10MB.
The selected companies will be announced on April 24th 2024. Good luck!
(1) The prizes in question will be subject to IRC withholding tax, at a rate of 25%, in accordance with article 94 of the IRC Code. If the winner is a company not resident in Portuguese territory, but residing in a country with which Portugal has signed a Convention to Avoid Double Taxation, withholding tax may be waived, under the terms provided in the Convention.