Category: IoT
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Everything You Need to Know About 5G network as a service
5G was first brought to my attention through conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who stated on a podcast with Joe Rogan that “5G causes massive mutation and cancer” and with that 5G quickly became the internet’s new favourite conspiracy—but what exactly is 5G and who exactly is saying it could harm us?
With 5G, we will be stepping fully into a new area of real-time response time online. We are moments away from being able to download HD movies in seconds, real-time communication in other languages and seamless lag-free gaming, but the benefits of 5G don’t stop there. When I say faster, they predict it as much as 1000 times faster than 4G. If our phones weren’t already an extension of our ‘selves’, this is taking it to the next step.
5G has been speculated to be beneficial for robotics such as driverless cars through to the healthcare industry for quickly transmitting images and expanding telemedicine. Additionally, it will expand on the notion of ‘smart homes’, meaning it will allow for devices to speak to one another by quickening data transmission.
Once considered science fiction, 5G will also work to rapidly increase AI production and expansion. 5G will give us access to more data at significantly faster speeds, resulting in devices having a better ability to understand their surroundings—in other words, 5G will give context to AI.
EE has not just ‘switched 5G on’, it has actually been tested in the U.K. since 2015. The timeline for wireless connectivity is as follows: 1G was the mobile technology of the early 1990s, 2G was the first system capable of carrying text messages between users, and internet on our mobiles as we know it today is 3G which launched in 2003, followed by 4G in 2012. Reportedly the 4G rollout was a disaster, and U.K. residents can still only access 4G networks 53 percent of the time, making the U.K. the worst place for 4G coverage in Europe.
Credits: Fair Planet
Industry Digitization will be Top Opportunity for 5G business solutions
Industry digitization will generate an estimated $700 billion market opportunity for service providers by 2030, equivalent to approximately 35 percent of current industry revenue, says Ericsson President and CEO, Borje Ekholm.
Moreover, Ericsson found that 70 percent of enterprises are seeking to engage with a non-telecom service provider, while a third already consider communications service providers as an important partner in their digitization efforts.
Ekholm highlighted that service providers need to expand beyond traditional mobile network services to capture 5G-enabled revenue. He said that the evolution of cellular IoT and private networks is crucial in establishing momentum for 5G-enabled businesses.
Ericsson has established partnerships with multiple tier one operators, such as Telstra, Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica, to provide dedicated cellular connectivity solutions to their customers.
In China, Ericsson is a partner for all 5G service providers and is actively working with each to explore 5G applications in different industries. In 2019, Ericsson signed an agreement with China Mobile and Shaoguan Steel Group in Guangdong to jointly build a 5G smart mill and explore 5G industrialization. Ericsson also deployed its Ericsson Dedicated Networks platform to connect more than 10,000 square meter, in cooperation with China Mobile.
Credits: DigiAnalysys
