5G accelerates the construction of new infrastructure, and these industries may explode in 2020

After 5G was commercialized in 2019, 5G is undoubtedly the absolute protagonist in 2020. However, the sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the rhythm of production and life around the world.

On March 4, the "new infrastructure" as a major national strategic deployment clearly stated that 5G construction should be accelerated. It can be expected that China's 5G construction and application will accelerate after the epidemic, and new technology industries related to 5G will usher in an explosion.

01 Technology empowers 5G+ to help prevent and control the epidemic

In the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic, 5G networks and integrated applications have played a significant role, providing support for epidemic prevention and control and resumption of work and production. Innovative technologies such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence have played an important role in fighting the epidemic and the subsequent resumption of work and production.

Although this "epidemic black swan" event will not change the process of China's economic transformation and urbanization, it is certain that it will change the development direction and prospects of major industries in China, even profound changes.

02 5G+ helps to create opportunities in the industry

2020 is a key year for my country's 5G network construction. As of early February this year, the three major operators have opened about 156,000 5G base stations across the country, and it is expected that 550,000 5G base stations will be completed by the end of the year.

As an important part of the new infrastructure, 5G networks will extend from the information and communication field to vertical industries such as industry, transportation, energy, and agriculture, accelerating the digitalization, networking, and intelligent transformation of traditional industries.

1. 5G+Cloud Video

In 2020, the combination of cloud computing and 5G will make video conferencing more convenient across geographical boundaries. During the epidemic, China Mobile's cloud video conferencing system helped Academician Zhong Nanshan conduct remote video consultations for severe COVID-19 patients in Yuxi, Yunnan.

5G technology can fully empower the high-definition video industry in video acquisition and transmission, cloud-based video material production, and ultra-high-definition video broadcasting. In the 5G era, the high-definition video industry can not only be used for remote video conferencing, but can also be integrated with more industries to achieve efficient office and convenient life for users.

2. 5G+Smart Healthcare

The development of 5G can provide ultra-large bandwidth and high-speed transmission networks, providing business support for smart medical high-definition video and image transmission. During the epidemic, China Mobile's 5G telemedicine system fully supported hospitals across the country to launch remote consultation, remote imaging, remote outpatient services, and other services to escort the front line of the fight against the epidemic.

Due to the shortage and uneven supply of medical resources in my country, Internet medical care, which is not restricted by geographical location, has attracted much attention in recent years. The in-depth application of 5G technology in the medical field will promote medical health to move in the direction of "precision, quality, remoteness and efficiency" and promote the rapid development of the smart medical industry.

3. 5G+VR/AR

As a new form of interaction, AR is not unfamiliar to the general public. The advent of the 5G era will greatly stimulate the improvement of AR/VR user experience and allow virtual reality technology to truly enter the lives of the general public.

As 5G+VR/AR accelerates its penetration into production and life, a number of new applications and new business models have also emerged. For example, 5G-based VR/AR can realize remote collaborative surgery, high-definition immersive surgical live broadcast, and build holographic teaching scenarios for multiple people in different locations.

4. 5G+Smart Education

During the epidemic, offline educational institutions and primary and secondary schools had to switch to online teaching, which objectively promoted the vigorous development of online education.

After the epidemic, online education, with the assistance of 5G+VR/AR/holographic imaging and other technologies, can realize the sharing of teaching resources across time and space. Students can experience real teacher-student interaction in remote classrooms, which can promote the balanced distribution of high-quality educational resources.

5. 5G + drones

In 2020, 5G will open up new space for drone applications. Based on the real-time ultra-high-definition image transmission, remote low-latency control, and the ability to process massive amounts of data that 5G technology provides to networked drones, the application forms of drones will become more diverse.

During the epidemic, drones were used to carry out epidemic prevention work such as high-altitude announcements, disinfection, delivery, and temperature measurement across the country. In the future, 5G+ drones will play a role in more and more fields such as emergency rescue, scientific research, education, urban planning, surveys, and inspections.

6. 5G+Industrial Internet

With the advent of the 5G era, traditional industries will also undergo tremendous changes. In the future, all production factors and processes can be interconnected in factories, that is, equipment interconnection, personnel interconnection, material interconnection, product interconnection, etc., as well as real-time data tracking throughout the entire life cycle.

5G technology will fundamentally improve the working environment of operators, ensure the safety of operators, and help companies reduce costs and increase efficiency in production and construction, thereby greatly improving the operational efficiency of automated factories.

7. 5G+Internet of Vehicles

In recent years, 5G-based Internet of Vehicles applications have continued to emerge, such as the construction of 5G application demonstration zones in multiple parks and scenic spots, and the emergence of unmanned driving. But overall, 5G Internet of Vehicles applications are still in the exploratory stage.

With the full arrival of the 5G era, 5G supports the construction of a highly coordinated interconnected environment of "people, vehicles, roads and clouds", realizes vehicle-road collaborative control, remote control operation, automatic driving and other services, and ultimately supports the realization of fully unmanned driving.

8. 5G+Smart City

The 2020 epidemic demonstrated the management capabilities of Chinese cities. Technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence have played an important role in analyzing the epidemic, monitoring the development of the epidemic in cities, and assisting in epidemic prevention and control. After the epidemic, the full implementation of 5G will promote the development of smart cities in many aspects such as smart urban management and urban security.

5G will drive the collaborative application of intelligent terminals such as video surveillance, drone aerial photography, VR/AR monitoring instruments, and intelligent patrol robots in the security field, forming an important hub for urban data transmission, analysis, and utilization, and comprehensively improving the governance capabilities of smart cities.

In the future, under the strategic deployment of new infrastructure, 5G will trigger these industry opportunities. They are likely to take advantage of this opportunity to become the most powerful industries in the next few years and even change society.

Winter has passed, spring is here and flowers are blooming. Are you ready to embrace change?

Source: Hema Big Data