OFCA announces 5G Campus Application Competition 2025 finalists
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OFCA is organising the Competition for the third year under the theme "5G x Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) - The Sky is the Limit for Knowledge" to enhance secondary school students' understanding of fifth generation mobile (5G) technology and UAS, and encourage them to explore the application of 5G technology in the low-altitude economy, with a view to enhancing their creativity and uncovering their potential in innovative technologies.
Launched in May this year, the Competition consists of two contest rounds. The first-round submission of entries closed at the end of July, with entries from 48 teams across 38 schools received. The entries showcase the abundant creativity of the participating teams. They cover a wide range of applications integrating 5G and UAS technologies with the low-altitude economy, which provide innovative and practical smart living solutions, such as anti-phone deception, search and rescue, crowd and traffic control, construction site safety, and real-time monitoring and maintenance.
The first-round judging panel comprised representatives from OFCA and the Hong Kong Productivity Council, the co-organiser of the Competition. After a detailed assessment based on the scoring criteria, the following 10 school teams have been shortlisted to compete in the final round (listed in alphabetical order of the school names):
| Team | Entry title |
| Cheung Chuk Shan College | Smart Landfill Monitoring and Campus STEAM Resource Platform |
| Hong Kong Sea School | 5G Beach Monitoring and Emergency Rescue System |
| Lok Sin Tong Leung Kau Kui College | Anti-scam Spider Drone |
| Marymount Secondary School | Trailbuddy |
| Po Leung Kuk Ma Kam Ming College | Drone Park |
| Queen Elizabeth School Old Students' Association Secondary School | SKYGUIDE 5G |
| Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College | Smart System on Maintenance Work after Severe Weather |
| S.K.H. Chan Young Secondary School | Construction S.A.F.E. |
| St. Paul's Convent School | 5G x UAS for Traffic Enforcement |
| Tsuen Wan Government Secondary School | I Mist the Summer |
The finalists will be invited to participate in the Drone Operation and Mobile App Development Training Workshop to gain hands-on experience with drone operation and learn how to develop advanced mobile applications to demonstrate the feasibility and objectives of their entries. The finalists will then participate in the final-round competition on December 6 to present and explain their entries to the final-round judging panel, which comprises representatives from OFCA, academia, research institutes and industry experts. The judging panel will select the winners based on the scoring criteria. The award presentation ceremony will be held on the same day.
For more details and the latest news of the Competition, please visit the thematic website.
Ends/Friday, August 8, 2025
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