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Screenshot of a live broadcast of the Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2020 in Shanghai, November 12, 2020.
Screenshot of a live broadcast of the Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2020 in Shanghai, November 12, 2020.
You may have heard that many people found a 5G smartphone to be quite useless and that it drains the battery quite quickly.
It is reported that half a million 5G users in South Korea, where 5G started, were fed up with bad signals and decided to go back to 4G.
What’s worse, Internet companies have yet to come up with any “great apps” that will entice us to upgrade.
“SpeedTest is the only true 5G app,” according to jokes on social media in China.
But these complaints are limited in the consumer market, which is far from everything. On the business side, many companies have embraced 5G technology as a game changer.
Some examples were shared at the 2020 Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Shanghai on Thursday.
“WiFi is not fast enough to stream some super high resolution video,” said Ken Hu, vice president of Huawei. “And we help many clients overcome this deficiency.”
Ken Hu, Vice President of Huawei, speaks at the 2020 Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Shanghai, November 12, 2020. / Screenshot from Huawei website
Ken Hu, Vice President of Huawei, speaks at the Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2020 in Shanghai, on November 12, 2020. / Screenshot from Huawei’s website
Hu took the example of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, which helped save many lives during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The first request they sent us was not for Internet access or remote diagnosis. It is the protective suit.” Hu explained.
It turned out that the doctors and nurses had to put on the suits one by one in a confined space.
The person in the locker room, alone, may have a difficult time making sure the costume is on correctly. He needed a way to let people out to help control.
A nurse showing her drawings in her protective suit at a hospital in Wuhan, March 13, 2020. / CFP
A nurse showing her drawings in her protective suit in a hospital in Wuhan, March 13, 2020. / CFP
That’s where 5G came into play. The wireless nature of technology can help video calling from inside the dressing room to the outside.
Although WiFi can do the same, Hu said that 5G is the best option.
“WiFi is not fast enough to stream high-resolution video,” Hu said. “That is one of the main reasons why people need 5G.”
Hu listed four types of scenarios in which 5G can play a key role. This list can also act as a checklist for people to determine if they really need 5G in business.
“Wanting 5G doesn’t mean you really need it,” Hu said on the forum.
– Technical relevance. The hospital example above showed that 5G has some advantages that no other technology can offer.
– Business potential. A 5G upgrade should generate profit for all relevant parties.
– Maturity of the value chain. If an industry has the ability to create applications quickly and has fast mobile terminals at hand, it will be much easier to integrate 5G.
– Standardization. A highly standardized industry can modify the standard to involve 5G, which can be very helpful for businesses.
Hu explained the last point with another example, which is the automated port. Port equipment such as gantry cranes have a universal standard in China. After one port had 5G built in, all other ports can copy the implementation in almost no time.
“Now the crane drivers no longer need to get on the machine,” Hu said. “They control the cranes in air-conditioned rooms with joysticks like video games.”
With 5G’s ultra-fast response time, drivers found no problem controlling the cranes remotely.
Hu also listed four technical benefits that 5G can bring to businesses, which are: remote control, computer vision, video backhaul, and real-time positioning.
