A few days ago, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) was held in Barcelona, the largest meeting of technological developers specialized in telecommunications in the world. This was the first face-to-face meeting after two years of isolation due to the pandemic. And, although the discussion continues to revolve around 5G and its implementation in the world, now the focus was on how this technology can improve the performance of telecommunications around the planet.
“The overwhelming trend at MWC is for digital technology to be green,” senior Huawei executives said at the world’s leading telecom and information technology expo.
“We have been innovating to stay ahead of the curve,” said Daisy Zhu, Vice President of Wireless Marketing at Huawei. “And the obvious trend is for solutions to become more energy efficient, as well as being cost efficient.”
And it is that, far from the romantic and completely ecological speech of the affectations that the carbon footprint means, the focus has been the efficiency in terms of operating costs of the companies and the efficiency of managing operations and information flow.
“The efficiency I’m talking about applies to any industry and it’s not just about energy. Let’s talk about education. There is an infinite amount of information on the internet, so why do we go to school? Because we need social interaction and because the teacher is a facilitator who makes sure that the correct information is reaching the student. To this can be added the use of technology, such as VR glasses or smart classrooms, ”said Paul Scanlan, director of Digital Transformation at Huawei.
It is estimated that global data traffic is still expected to increase rapidly to a yottabytedefined as a trillion gigabytesroughly equivalent to the data on the global Internet.
At the roundtable, César Funes, Huawei’s Vice President of Public Affairs for Latin America and the Caribbean, said it was important for countries and policy makers in the region to plan ahead and anticipate data traffic growth.
He indicated that while connectivity and the development of the digital economy in the region have not yet caught up with developed economies, they are poised to gain momentum in the coming years and have good opportunities to close the gaps in connectivity and usage as it grows. network coverage and penetration of smart devices.
Per Narvinger, Network Product Area Manager at Ericsson, said that digital infrastructures may be the most effective means for carriers and other industries to achieve their energy and sustainability goals as quickly as possible, adding that networks they not only have to be sustainable in themselves, but also facilitate sustainability goals for society as a whole.
Narvinger believes that the provision of bandwidth that AI applications demand is going to become a primary differentiating factor in carrier-to-carrier competition, saying that “we have only just begun to scratch the surface of AI and its possibilities.”
The number of mobile Internet subscribers worldwide reached 4.2 billion people in 2021, and around 94% of the world’s population lives in areas covered by mobile broadband networks, according to the GSMA Mobile Economy 2022 report.
However, the usage gap, defined as the population living in areas covered by mobile broadband networks but not yet subscribed to mobile broadband services, stood at 3.2 billion people.
5G adoption continues to grow rapidly in pioneer markets, with the total number of connections set to reach one billion this year. This number is expected to grow to more than 2 billion and represent a quarter of the total number of global connections by 2025, according to the report.
“5G is an opportunity to set new standards in energy consumption and data handling efficiency. That is the vision for the future”, said Miriam Tuerk, representative of Clear Blue Technologies.
The rollout of 5G in large developing markets such as Brazil, Indonesia and India will further drive mass production of affordable 5G devices and then lead to further subscriber growth.
Smart device penetration in Latin America and the Caribbean is currently 500 million, or around 74%, and is expected to increase to more than 80% in the next three years. But accessibility, relevance, knowledge and skills are some of the reasons for connectivity coverage and usage gaps. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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