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Thursday, October 8, 2020 – 2:23 pm
SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Singtel) has deployed Singapore’s first independent 5G test network at its test facility.
The network offers companies early access to 5G to develop and test 5G solutions, the telco said in a press release Thursday.
It uses a 3.5 gigahertz spectrum and Ericsson’s advanced Massive MIMO (multiple inputs and multiple outputs) technology to deliver ultra-fast speeds and low latency or response times.
Bill Chang, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Singtel Business Group, said: “With 5G’s low latency and scalability, companies can not only drive efficiencies and make better, more profitable decisions, but also deliver richer experiences to customers. customers”.
Interested companies can register on Singtel’s website and test 5G applications and technologies at the telco’s 5G Garage test facility free of charge.
Global cloud gaming provider Ubitus has used Singtel’s standalone 5G network for a 5G cloud gaming test, consistently delivering 85 percent lower latency of eight to 11 milliseconds compared to gaming. in the cloud on 4G.
The Ubitus test was conducted on Singtel’s Multiple Access Edge Computing (MEC) platform, which integrates the ultra-low latency and high-bandwidth capabilities of 5G with powerful cloud computing performance.
The telecom company said this allows rich graphics to be processed on dedicated servers and transferred directly to devices, significantly reducing wait times, which are critical to the gaming experience.
Ubitus CEO Wesley Kuo noted that the tests will inform the company’s designs for games that will test players’ reflexes and instincts. “We will take advantage of the ultra-low latency of 5G and MEC to deliver immersive and hyper-realistic gaming experiences,” he added.
5G and MEC can be integrated with technologies such as the Internet of Things, analytics, robotics, artificial intelligence, as well as augmented, virtual or mixed reality.
This enables companies in all industries to take advantage of low latency in applications, which requires little to no lag time, Singtel said in its statement. Examples include remote surgery, smart manufacturing, autonomous driving, remote robotic repair and maintenance, and virtual reality live concerts.
MEC eliminates the need to send data to public clouds for processing and return.
In September, Singtel introduced its first 5G use case with its 24-hour unmanned pop-up retail store called Now @ Unboxed.
The independent test network also follows Singtel’s recent launch of its non-independent 5G network, which builds on existing 4G infrastructure, to offer consumers and business customers an early taste of 5G mobile speeds.
Singtel said last month that it is pacing its investment for 5G rollout and is on track to roll out its 5G network coverage to half the island in two years and across the country by 2025.
Two other telcos, M1 and StarHub, plan to jointly present an independent 5G network next year, with Singtel as the other winning bidder chosen to operate an independent 5G network nationwide.
Infocomm’s Media Development Authority has partnered with mobile network operators in Singapore to recruit and retrain 1,000 professionals to support the Republic’s 5G launch.
Separately, Singtel announced last week that the CEO of his group, Chua Sock Koong, will retire on January 1, 2021, while his successor will be the director of consumers and digital director of the Singapore group, Yuen Kuan Moon.
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