5G is really here! The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has officially issued 5G commercial licenses to China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Broadcasting Corporation, which means that China's 5G commercial use has begun and has officially entered the 5G era.

Since Bell used electric current to transmit sound in 1876, the distance between humans has been shortened, and the way people connect and communicate has been constantly upgraded.

• The "big brother" of the 1G era made the dream of making phone calls while walking come true;
• In the 2G era, in addition to voice calls, SMS and MMS became important bridges for communication between people;
• The 3G era has further shortened the distance between people. Social applications such as Weibo, WeChat, Taobao, mobile QQ, and campus network have made us "always online."
• The high-speed network in the 4G era makes video caching less noticeable. Douyin, Kuaishou, and Xigua Video have all developed into phenomenal applications in this wave of traffic.

From 1G to 4G, the communication between people has been solved, and the speed at which we obtain information is getting faster and faster. So, in the face of the upcoming 5G era, what changes will the future business society undergo?

Some experts say that 4G has changed our lives, and 5G will change our society , because 5G is not only the evolution of 2G, 3G, and 4G, it may be a communication revolution that completely changes every aspect of life.

Trend 1

The Internet of Vehicles will become a standard feature of cars, and fully autonomous driving will become a reality

In the 5G era, we can expect driverless scenarios: driverless cars picking up children, driving cars while sleeping, no traffic jams on highways, and no need to look at traffic lights. Although some automatic driving assistance functions are realized under the 4G network, complete driverless driving can only be realized with the support of 5G technology. On the one hand, 5G has the advantages of higher speed, low latency, lower power consumption and massive connections, which has amazing insight and prediction capabilities. On the other hand, it can solve the problem of high-precision maps, play the role of high-precision positioning, auxiliary environmental perception, planning and decision-making, etc., help cars to perceive the complex information of the road and environment in advance, and combine intelligent path planning to make the car make the right decision.

Of course, the development of driverless driving must be based on the Internet of Vehicles. Through the "Internet of Vehicles", cars and roads, cars and cars, cars and people, cars and cities are connected in real time to achieve information interconnection, thus effectively and intelligently monitoring, dispatching and managing cars, people, objects, roads, locations, etc.

Trend 2

Beyond speed and distance, achieving 360-degree intelligent health management

For a long time, people have paid more attention to the use of smart devices in medical care, including remote diagnosis and treatment, remote treatment, and even remote surgery. With its large bandwidth, low latency, and high speed, 5G can build an emergency network hub in medical emergency, improve response speed, quickly invest in rescue, and seize the "golden time" of emergency treatment; on the other hand, telemedicine can break the problem of uneven distribution of medical resources and difficulty in cross-regional medical treatment.

But in the medical industry, prevention is often more important than treatment. If 5G has upgraded diagnosis and treatment to a new level, then for prevention, 5G has evolved into health management for the entire life cycle of a person. 5G makes the collection of everyone's health information more convenient and practical. Through intelligent management capabilities, it integrates the capabilities of big data and artificial intelligence to manage people's lifestyles and help people form good lifestyles and habits.

Trend 3

Environmental perception brings smart home into the 3.0 era

Under the 4G network, one of the main factors restricting the development of smart home is the slow data transmission speed and slow response speed. Moreover, most of the current smart home appliances, except for some products of this brand that can be interconnected, are in an "island" state.

In the 3G or 4G era, people's control of smart homes mainly depends on remote control of mobile phones, while the smart home in the 5G era will get rid of the single connection between objects, emphasize the interactivity between objects and people, and pay more attention to the "self-perception" of smart devices. In other words, smart homes will no longer passively accept user control, but actively "perceive" the environment and respond accordingly.

Trend 4

The relationship between people, goods and places has become simpler: products are channels, and consumers are salesmen

The implementation of 5G technology has made commercial scenarios extremely simple. The integrated solution of smart retail scenarios based on the Internet of Things will rebuild the relationship between people, places and goods, attracting consumers from online computers and mobile phones to real offline shopping scenes. With the integration of VR and AR into shopping, people's shopping experience will be greatly improved. People will be able to connect and interact directly with goods, not only to view the logistics information of goods in real time, but also to combine them to serve your daily life.

In the sales system of the Internet of Things era, products are no longer isolated. All products are connected with other similar products. The products themselves are sales channels. The supply side is no longer centralized. We can use smart terminals to directly scan and identify the brand, model, and supplier of any product that anyone carries. Information between consumers is completely interoperable, and they are promoters to each other.

Trend 5

"What you want is what you get", the trend of customization is irreversible

Faced with serious product homogeneity, sharply rising marketing costs, frequent vicious price wars, and extremely cruel competition, the entire industry market has become chaotic. This is also an era of highlighting individuality, and people are pursuing things that are different and unique: in the critical period of the transformation of the consumer era, the manufacturing industry is undergoing an unprecedented great change. For example, products are no longer limited to functionality and practicality, but also need to highlight personal character. Consumers buy not only the product itself, but also the "sense of participation" in the customization process. In order to grasp the mainstream consumption in the market, the manufacturing industry has to make new adjustments in production methods. Customized production is both a challenge and an opportunity for China's manufacturing industry.

As the 5G era approaches, traditional industries must accelerate their integration with the Internet, and gradually transform from large-scale assembly line production to large-scale customized production, driving the era of 3D customized e-commerce where users can "have the final say" through their mobile phones and get what they want.

Trend 6

In the era of smart media, everything is media and everything is a platform

5G is not an evolution based on 4G, but a brand new revolution and replacement. Faced with a new round of technological innovation, 5G's ultra-high speed, ultra-low latency, and ultra-large link network requirements are causing the role of the media to change from "information content provider" to "information service provider". The media is about to usher in the era of smart media where "information is at your fingertips and everything is accessible".

At the same time, the Internet of Things has broadened the channels for information dissemination and broken the past human-dominated media form. The interaction and integration of each intelligent object and new technology will become the collection and output end of information, which means that the original boundaries of the media industry are being dissolved, and a new 5G communication pattern of "everything is media, everything is a platform" is about to take shape.

Trend 7

VR/AR leads the mainstream of digital experience

2016 is the so-called "first year of VR". Due to the immaturity of the entire field's infrastructure, VR was not well implemented at the time. According to relevant data, if the latency of head-mounted VR glasses exceeds 7 milliseconds, users will feel dizzy. At present, the latency of the most advanced 4G network is about 40 milliseconds, which makes it impossible for users to get a good VR/AR product experience in a mobile environment.

After the coverage of 5G network, these pain points of VR/AR products can be solved to a large extent, so that the user experience can be further improved. With the support of 5G network, AR/VR will be applied in more fields. In addition to the usual entertainment and gaming fields, it will also cover many fields and industries such as medicine, tourism, education, national defense and military, aerospace, smart cities, equipment manufacturing, and TV live broadcast.

Trend 8

Video becomes the mainstream of content consumption, and ultra-high-definition video will achieve rapid development

The development of short videos and live broadcast applications on the mobile Internet in the 4G era has led to an unprecedented large-scale growth in UGC content. 5G will affect all mobile Internet application services and move towards the trend of "video streaming". As a new generation of mobile communication technology with large bandwidth, low latency and large connections, ultra-high-definition large videos will be greatly developed, which is also one of the hot spots currently being competed for by major operators.

China Radio and Television, which obtained one of the four 5G licenses, is called China Radio and Television Network Co., Ltd. The difference between its 5G network and the other three major operators is that through the high-starting point and high-tech 5G network, the majority of users can truly experience the smart broadcasting services brought by modern ultra-high-definition television and modern Internet of Things. It can be foreseen that the commercial value of television will be redefined in the future, and television will be transformed from a living room entertainment function to the first display entrance of the home Internet of Things. At the same time, with the development of ultra-high-definition video, 4K television will be reactivated, and 8K will also be a new trend. In short, 5G will push the value of television to a new height and greatly enrich people's work, life and entertainment experience.

Trend 9

5G becomes a standard feature of tourism, ushering in a new era of digital cultural tourism

In May this year, Shenzhen Window of the World cooperated with China Unicom to build the country's first large-scale cultural theme park with full 5G coverage. Shenzhen Happy Valley cooperated with China Telecom to build "China's first 5G+ experience park". Huzhou opened the "5G+ Smart Cultural Tourism" platform and launched "One-click Smart Tour of Huzhou".

The "high speed, low latency, and large connection" characteristics of 5G networks, as well as their integration with advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, high-definition video, AR, and VR, provide strong support for the display, experience, dissemination, and innovation of the cultural connotations of tourist destinations. At the same time, it plays a key role in improving tourism management capabilities, enriching tourism marketing methods, improving tourism service levels, enhancing tourists' travel experience, and helping to revitalize cultural relics and inherit culture.

Trend 10

Balanced development of educational resources

At present, there is a serious imbalance in educational resources in my country, not only between developed and underdeveloped cities, between cities and rural areas, but also between different regions in the same city. The advent of the 5G era is expected to narrow this gap. With its fast network speed and capacity, 5G networks integrate all educational resources. Excellent teachers will no longer face students in one classroom, but may face thousands or tens of thousands of students studying together at the same time. This will bring huge changes to education, and even students from poor families or remote areas can enjoy the same teaching resources, bringing about the balance of educational resources in a true sense.

5G can bring more than just faster connection speeds. It can also bring users unprecedented experiences, from more immersive VR/AR experiences to telemedicine, from autonomous driving to smart homes, from social applications to travel and entertainment. 5G will completely reconstruct business logic.