Tarun Thomas George, Co-founder, COO, Cavli Wireless Inc.
When 5G truly becomes ubiquitous, it will herald a new era. Experts predict that 5G will be a platform that will encourage the growth of innovative business models. 5G will completely change the way we live, work and play. It will create new possibilities that will be limited only by imagination.
With data transfer rates 100x more than 4G, 5G can help enterprises enable use cases in critical applications like digital healthcare as well as applications in the multimedia and autonomous automobile sectors.
The impact of 5G across industries
Considering the healthcare sector, wearables can be used to predict and monitor the health of patients in real time. Before a person gets sick or is likely to get sick, innovative models in telemedicine can be explored to help a person prevent the illness with close monitoring. 5G can help enterprises deliver the full potential of
telemedicine. Given the pandemic situation, this will be helpful during the isolation and quarantine of patients.
5G will also enable the advancement of Industry 4.0. Enabled by 5G, the sensors embedded in machines will communicate their health status to companies in real time. This will help firms conduct the required scheduled maintenance in a proactive manner and prevent breakdowns.
For the manufacturing sector, 5G offers several benefits, from fully enabling the concept of digital twins to using augmented or virtual reality for effective training and troubleshooting potential machine-related issues; the sky is the limit.
For the automotive sector, 5G will make autonomous cars a reality. This will also herald a new era of safety and anti-collision systems. In the banking industry, AI-enabled fraud detection systems powered by 5G can instantly detect and prevent fraudulent activities in real time. The greatest potential lies in media and entertainment, where 5G can enable streaming of live sporting events to create new interactive experiences. The gaming industry is also looking forward to utilising the 5G potential for cloud gaming, VR-AR, live-streaming and immersive gaming experience.
India and 5G
With an encouraging government and an overwhelming digital mandate, India is leading the charge in getting everything connected. The country’s policymakers and industrialists alike are bullish on the huge potential of 5G and the transformation it can bring about in the Indian market.
While 5G has rapidly moved to commercial utilisation across the globe, Indian telecom companies are trying to move ahead with trials and start deploying the network. Samsung, Huawei and Ericsson are partnering with Indian firms for the same. India, with the world’s second largest smartphone market, will not be able to wait long to embrace a nationwide 5G roll-out.
Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio are neck to neck in rolling out 5G in India, which is good news for consumers and small businesses alike. This will pave the way for digitalisation and wide connectivity. Ericsson’s recent report assumes that over 26 per cent of India’s mobile subscribers will shift to 5G by the end of 2026.
With eSIM-integrated LTE/LPWAN IoT modules, Cavli Wireless is bringing to the market wireless communication modules. They will be designed and manufactured in India to power IoT applications in the smart cities, automotive, energy and utilities, manufacturing, healthcare, and agriculture sectors across the globe. Enterprises can design IoT solutions with eSIM integrated hardware and proceed towards mass manufacture/production and scale-up.
The future belongs to 5G networks
The evolution of communication technologies from 2G/3G/4G to 5G is set to see tectonic shifts in both consumer and industrial sectors. In the years to come, we are set to witness the large-scale automation of utility services, automobiles, and several smart city use cases.
Connected homes, healthcare wearables and smart watches are the devices of the future whose adoption will undoubtedly grow with the performance and high-speed capabilities of 5G technology. 5G’s worldwide adoption is expected to change the dynamics and functioning of economies and markets, transforming the future of connected things. The next unprecedented scenario is if this network, which is set to take over the world, may have an adverse impact on the environment and ecology. It is still early to place bets, but policymakers are not backing away and are most likely to wait out the roll-out and see.
