Telia Launches Europe's First Public 5G Network
Telia, together with Intel and Ericsson, will launch Europe’s first public 5G network in 2018 in Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn. In the meantime, the company demonstrates the capabilities of fifth-generation networks. About this further.
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The first test was carried out on one of the cruise liners while the port of Tallinn was located. The task was to investigate whether the new technology is capable of providing the best quality connection. The 5G technology via Wi-Fi was used by 2 thousand passengers. Information and communication systems of the ship also accessed the network.
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The second testing took place at the EU Digital Summit to show technology prospects in the industry. With the help of 5G and augmented reality, remote control of an industrial excavator was carried out.
Telia will not be the only company to launch 5G in 2018. South Korean operator SK Telecom will provide access to fifth-generation networks at the Olympic Games in Seoul. The test project will also be launched by the Japanese operator KDDI, which plans to provide commercial services as early as 2020.
It is difficult to say what the speed of 5G-Internet will be. But there is an approximate guideline: in St. Petersburg, Megafon set a record of 35 Gbit / s. For comparison, the maximum speed of 4G is 1 Gbps for fixed subscribers and 100 Mbps for mobile ones. However, practice shows that real speeds are “modest” - in the early summer of 2016, the average speed of 4G Internet in Moscow was 9 Mbit / s.
High speed 5G will allow you to watch broadcasts and 3D-films in ultra-high resolution (up to 7680 x 4320 pixels). Another advantage of 5G over 4G is low latency: 1 ms versus 98 ms . According to industry experts, this will push the development of unmanned vehicles.
Also 5G can become a single standard for the Internet of things. Intel Director for Mobile Standards and Advanced Technologies Asha Keddy (Asha Keddy) describes 5G as a scalable, versatile and energy-efficient standard for IoT. Now there is no single ecosystem.
Patrick Moorhead of Forbes writes : “Many devices work using different wireless technologies. Not only Wi-Fi - there are Zigbee, Zwave, Insteon, Itron, RadioRA2 and others. ”
Telecom operators are also interested in the introduction of 5G. As Arun Bansal, head of Ericsson in Europe and Latin America, notes , by 2026 the market for providing communication services in 5G networks will grow to 582 billion dollars - operators will increase revenue by 34%.
In Russia, public 5G networks are being organized for the World Cup in 2018 - Megafon and MTS operators have shared their plans. Megafon will use Huawei’s equipment, while MTS will use Nokia. The latter demonstrated the capabilities of 5G a year ago at the Harley Days festival in St. Petersburg - participants were shown a video in 8K resolution. Then the data transfer rate was 4.5 Gbit / s.
Other Russian operators are less active. Tele2 a year ago announced its plans to develop 5G together with Nokia, and Beeline in January 2017 told about partnership with Huawei. There has been no other news since.
New mobile communication standards are being implemented on average every 10 years, so mass distribution of 5G can be expected by 2020. And by 2022, 550 million devices will be connected to networks, according to Ericsson's forecast .
Telia is a telecommunications company that is a leader in the cellular markets of Sweden and Finland, with its headquarters in Stockholm. It is engaged in the provision of services for the backbone data transmission and cellular services.
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The first test was carried out on one of the cruise liners while the port of Tallinn was located. The task was to investigate whether the new technology is capable of providing the best quality connection. The 5G technology via Wi-Fi was used by 2 thousand passengers. Information and communication systems of the ship also accessed the network.
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The second testing took place at the EU Digital Summit to show technology prospects in the industry. With the help of 5G and augmented reality, remote control of an industrial excavator was carried out.
“In the future, operators will be able to work on excavators remotely through 5G, while being in a comfortable office and not endangering themselves, ” Telia writes in its blog.
Telia will not be the only company to launch 5G in 2018. South Korean operator SK Telecom will provide access to fifth-generation networks at the Olympic Games in Seoul. The test project will also be launched by the Japanese operator KDDI, which plans to provide commercial services as early as 2020.
5G features
It is difficult to say what the speed of 5G-Internet will be. But there is an approximate guideline: in St. Petersburg, Megafon set a record of 35 Gbit / s. For comparison, the maximum speed of 4G is 1 Gbps for fixed subscribers and 100 Mbps for mobile ones. However, practice shows that real speeds are “modest” - in the early summer of 2016, the average speed of 4G Internet in Moscow was 9 Mbit / s.
High speed 5G will allow you to watch broadcasts and 3D-films in ultra-high resolution (up to 7680 x 4320 pixels). Another advantage of 5G over 4G is low latency: 1 ms versus 98 ms . According to industry experts, this will push the development of unmanned vehicles.
“If you remotely control the car and you need to turn left, and you have a delay of 100 ms, this can be a problem. A very fast reaction is needed here, and this is what LTE does not have right now. A delay of less than 1 ms is needed, ” said Wen Tong, head of research for wireless technologies at Huawei.
Also 5G can become a single standard for the Internet of things. Intel Director for Mobile Standards and Advanced Technologies Asha Keddy (Asha Keddy) describes 5G as a scalable, versatile and energy-efficient standard for IoT. Now there is no single ecosystem.
Patrick Moorhead of Forbes writes : “Many devices work using different wireless technologies. Not only Wi-Fi - there are Zigbee, Zwave, Insteon, Itron, RadioRA2 and others. ”
Telecom operators are also interested in the introduction of 5G. As Arun Bansal, head of Ericsson in Europe and Latin America, notes , by 2026 the market for providing communication services in 5G networks will grow to 582 billion dollars - operators will increase revenue by 34%.
5G and Russia
In Russia, public 5G networks are being organized for the World Cup in 2018 - Megafon and MTS operators have shared their plans. Megafon will use Huawei’s equipment, while MTS will use Nokia. The latter demonstrated the capabilities of 5G a year ago at the Harley Days festival in St. Petersburg - participants were shown a video in 8K resolution. Then the data transfer rate was 4.5 Gbit / s.
Other Russian operators are less active. Tele2 a year ago announced its plans to develop 5G together with Nokia, and Beeline in January 2017 told about partnership with Huawei. There has been no other news since.
New mobile communication standards are being implemented on average every 10 years, so mass distribution of 5G can be expected by 2020. And by 2022, 550 million devices will be connected to networks, according to Ericsson's forecast .
About Telia
Telia is a telecommunications company that is a leader in the cellular markets of Sweden and Finland, with its headquarters in Stockholm. It is engaged in the provision of services for the backbone data transmission and cellular services.
PS A couple of materials on the topic from our blog on Habré:
- New Cisco Intersight Platform Simplifies Cisco UCS and HyperFlex Management
- Cisco unveiled features of the 400-gigabit NPU
PPS What else do we write on the First Corporate IaaS Blog:
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/339364/
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