5G is much more than a generational shift

The entire telecom infrastructure needs to be renewed in order to utilize the power of 5G, says Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, CyberMedia Group

By Hemant Kashyap

The next generation of mobility will have a far-reaching, mind-boggling, and profound impact of on everyone’s lives, said CyberMedia Group Chairman Pradeep Gupta. He was addressing the inaugural session of the 5G-centered conference organized by Voice&Data. Welcoming the participants at the conference Gupta highlighted that 5G will usher in transformation across a wide variety of verticals and industries.

“It is much more than a generational shift,” he said, adding that while 5G represents the next step in mobile telephony, it is barely limited to that. “We are talking about a completely new technology,” Gupta stressed, pointing out that the entire telecom infrastructure needs to be renewed in order to utilize the power of 5G.

Gupta also mentioned the innovation in the use cases being developed for 5G. He reflected on the progression through the generations, starting from 1G. He further said that each new generation makes a lot of new applications possible and 5G will achieve the same.

While 5G represents the next step in mobile telephony, it is barely limited to that. We are talking about a completely new technology.

“There will be a new era that will start getting ushered in due to 5G,” Gupta said.

5G will change lives

Highlighting telemedicine and remote surgeries as an example, he touched upon the low latency promises of 5G that promises to make it possible. “The kind of machine-to-human interaction that we are going to see will be of a completely different level,” the CyberMedia Group chairman said.

Gupta also added that 5G will enable smart cities and one should expect to see autonomous vehicles finally become a reality; 5G’s high speed, data capacity, and low latency enables that, he stated.

He also mentioned that 5G will alter the way how governments interact with their people across the world, as a result of the new use-cases being developed. “5G, in its very essence, is something, which is going to be transformational like never before,” Gupta concluded.

Generating synergies between the private sector and government

While talking about 5G, Gupta pointed out that the industry will see a whole new infrastructure and a wide variety of network types. As such, he noted that the government and the private sector have worked together in 5G “right from the outset”.

It will enable smart cities and one should expect to see autonomous vehicles become a reality; 5G’s high speed, data capacity and low latency enables that.

He further added that because of these synergies, India has taken technological leadership in many aspects of 5G. “That is something that can be done because this is an emerging technology. “We can actually drive the various changes that are going to go ahead,” he said.

hemantka@cybermedia.co.in