The Promise of 5G – Worth The Hype

5G has become one of the biggest buzzwords in the technology world over the last three years. The promise of a brave new world of connectivity with automated factories, self-driving cars, remote surgeries, futuristic cities and so on – the possibilities are endless.

Critics of 5G go on about how 5G is all hype, citing lackluster developer innovation and lack of real-world use cases as reasons this technology will not be as ubiquitous as its predecessor, 4G. But I’d not be too quick to dismiss 5G; after all, it is still a relatively nascent technology. Consider the healthcare sector: a new EY study revealed that 85% of respondents say the global health crisis drives 5G interest. At Dell, 5G has enabled remote medicine and allowed businesses like Banfi to optimize production processes.

We have also pivoted to converging technologies where cloud meets the edge, compute meets mobile and 5G trends drive innovation. Gartner predicts that by 2025, cloud-native platforms will account for more than 95% of new digital initiatives and the telco cloud market is expected to grow to reach $125 billion by 2030. Communications service providers (CSPs) are capitalizing on the promise of 5G, adopting cloud-native approaches to enable greater flexibility, scalability, and efficiency. The advent of 5G has also led to the focus on virtual and open RAN – allowing operators to expand their networks and meet critical connectivity, including newer 5G applications.

Now it begs the question – how long more till we reap the full potential of 5G? To answer that, we need first to acknowledge the challenges in front of us. Click here to read more.