5G should see the light at the end of 2019 and promises to multiply network performance by 1,000 times, thus giving rise to IoT

It has not yet become reality and can not be used by the general public. But 5G is already on everyone’s lips and in all the heads of telecom players; everyone multiplies investments and partnerships to be sure not to miss the right wagon of “ultra” mobile broadband.

What will the arrival of this new generation of mobile technology mean? This one promises to multiply by 1,000 network performance and will also allow the rise of the Internet of Things.

Within five years, the amount of data that will pass over the networks should be 10,000 times larger, with latency (response time) less than 1 millisecond, compared to 50 milliseconds today.

5G, For WHAT?

New generation networks will increase throughput: With 5G, the scale becomes multi-gigabit per second, against hundreds of megabits for 4G. Latency will also be reduced (less than a millisecond) for better responsiveness.

5G will also be able to exploit higher frequencies (above 1 GHz) than those currently used. These technical advances are already of interest to the automotive sector, for future connected cars, but also medicine, robotics and, of course, the Internet of Things.

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A contribution of $12.3 trillion to the global economy by 2035

The English firm IHS Markit figures to 12.3 trillion dollars and 22 million jobs the contribution of 5G to the global economy in 2035. It will irrigate all sectors, from INDIA to industry manufacturing through transportation and construction.

The telecom giants, first, are busy. In early May, the third US mobile operator, T-Mobile US, announced that it wanted to start the deployment of a fifth-generation network in the US market by 2019 and set a goal of national coverage in 5G from 2020.

To do this, the group intends to use the frequencies acquired in auctions organised in April 2017 by the federal government for an amount that could reach eight billion dollars. Three weeks earlier, telecom operator ATT has broken its piggy bank and disbursed $ 1.6 billion to buy a US company, whose only interest is to have the frequencies that will be used for 5G.

Europe wants to be leader in the deployment of 5G

On the European side, “the ambition is to be a leader in the deployment of 5G,” Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for the Digital Economy, said in September 2016 as he raised the action dedicated to this technology.

Brussels estimates that 500 billion euros will be needed in the next decade, a large part of which will come from telecom operators. “However, given the current investment trends, there will probably be an investment deficit of 155 billion euros,” the Commission said.

San Marino, 5G First Nation in the World

On the continent, Finland and Sweden lead the race. France is not yet part of the most advanced countries for 5G, even if a group like Nokia has made the Hexagon HQ for the development of this technology.

The transalpine operator is carrying out life-size tests on the next-generation networks that will make the enclave the first 5G nation in the world.

Apple, Qualcomm and Facebook also on the ranks

Still, telecom companies are not the only ones to polish their weapons. In May 2017, Apple received authorization from the Federation Communication Commission (FCC), the US telecom police, to test 28 GHz and 39 GHz .

These high frequencies should be used during the commercial deployment of 5G in the United States. The Cupertino company is probably looking to improve the speed of its iPhone, while data consumption is only increasing.

Qualcomm, for its part, has a head start over its competitors , including his rival Intel. The US component giant introduced in October a modem chip, the Snapdragon X50 NR, capable of reaching 1 gigabit per second, against hundreds of megabits for 4G. And its component is now sufficiently miniaturized to be embedded in a smartphone.

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Facebook, finally, would work on the millimeter-wave Internet believed to know the site “The Verge” early 2016. The social network of Mark Zuckerberg would like to offer a faster and cheaper mobile connection, especially to emerging countries.

The battle of standards

In the background there is also a battle for the definition of the standards of this technology . These must be framed, no later than the end of 2019, the deadline set by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations body responsible for setting the rules in the field.

It should follow the proposals of 3GPP, the industry consortium of the sector that had already worked on 4G. In December, it released the first standards, setting a standard for radio technologies to use .

The final version of the standards is expected this June. But for some actors, it is essential to be able to move forward as quickly as possible; in the United States, the first commercial deployments are expected in 2019.

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