Business & Industry
5G
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5G success will rely on operators’ cultural change
The telecoms industry has been heavily focused on digital transformation for some time now. Operators and telecoms vendors around the world are overhauling their systems and preparing for the next wireless generation: 5G. With 5G will come more connected devices, and as a result, more data. This data deluge will be overwhelming for operators trying...
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5G: enabling business needs of the future
The biggest change between 4G and 5G is the type of customers that will use them. Where 4G brought mobile broadband and high-speed data to the end-user consumers on the street, 5G is specifically designed for the business needs of the 21st century. Through its unique set of capabilities – from extremely high speed and...
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5G security: lessons learned from the cloud
Whenever a new technology appears on the horizon, organisations universally rush to exploit its potential, and service providers scramble to serve surging demand. 5G is no exception. The unparalleled speed, bandwidth, capacity and low-latency of the next-generation mobile network is uniting data-driven businesses with network operators and offering up a dizzying selection of 5G services....
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How 5G can support rural industries
The benefits of 5G in a rural setting were highlighted at the 100th Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, taking place in Llanelwedd in mid Wales, where BT installed 5G at the showground, making it one of the first, permanent rural 5G networks in Europe. Visitors to one of the largest agricultural shows in Europe were able to...
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Human-centric 5G – the technology being harnessed to improve patient care
The launch of 5G and its potential for your industry might be difficult to fully comprehend. But 5G will soon boost our NHS and empower businesses to harness tech and help them move to the next level. For the likes of Amazon, Uber and other platform, digital-first entities, 4G was the enabler for thriving within...
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Improving healthcare with 5G connected ambulances
In another UK first, BT and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) are demonstrating scenarios where 5G virtual and augmented reality, together with robotic technology can significantly improve the healthcare sector. 5G allows clinicians to remotely assess and diagnose a patient, view medical records, vital signs and ultrasounds Remote-controlled ultrasound and connected ambulances, all...
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Crane inspections at Belfast Harbour use 5G to connect with remote experts
In a first for the UK, the demonstrations, performed live over BT’s public 5G network, show two 5G enabled applications that are being explored by Belfast Harbour as part of their vision for creating a ‘Smart Port’ and an iconic waterfront for the city. Belfast Harbour, BT and mixed reality partners Ubimax and VRtuoso have...
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Building security, flexibility, and performance into all-G
While the path to full 5G capabilities is clear enough, how individual operators – and their customers – arrive is not fully mapped out. In the near and long term, operators will face three main challenges: Security: For 5G, security is more broad and complex than previous generations as legacy, IP and 5G converge. Performance:...
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Q&A: Mythbusting 5G
How will 5G impact cultural change in the UK in business? The world is becoming more digitally connected every single day, in fact it’s expected that there’ll be more than 20bn connected devices by 2020. The Internet of Things is now a real possibility and a real possibility, which will require much more bandwidth, much...
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Making the most of 5G
You’ll soon be hearing a lot about 5G. How it’s completely transformational, how it’s the biggest step mobile communication has taken since the invention of the mobile phone and how it’s not just ‘faster 4G’. Then you ask what 5G does, and it all starts to sound like 5G is just faster 4G after all....