5G to Empower the New Era of Manufacturing

By CIOReview | Friday, June 14, 2019

FREMONT, CA: Manufacturers are on the tip of their toes to unleash the potential of the arriving 5G, and most of the firms are planning to use the network within the initial years of availability. It is a high-speed network which boasts faster connectivity, enhanced security, higher reliability and lower latency. 5G has obtained a lot of attention in the industrialized world. In manufacturing, connectivity has always been a significant challenge. By coping with the exponential growth of connected devices and data traffic, 5G will solve many of manufacturing's connection difficulties. 5G will reduce energy consumption, increase security and connectivity performance.

Many organizations want to use 5G within the initial years of its availability. Telecom companies will yet need very few countable years to roll out all 5G features. Some companies are also trying to apply for their 5G license. The demand for 5G is driven, by autonomy and urgency. This interest is more seen among more prominent firms. Industrial organizations are also willing to pay higher for premium services. Despite uncertainties around the speed of deployment, most of the industrial companies are ready to pay for enhanced mobile broadband speed.

5G proposes a wide variety of use cases, ranging from service management to shop floor to supply chain to the product. This network supports secure, reliable high-speed transmission of data and real-time. This will also transform the way an industry works. 5G will become the standard communication technology eventually because of its features, replacing the current infrastructure. Organizations need to remember that 5G is an emerging technology and network slicing or guaranteed quality of service features will very soon, hit the reality. 5G coverage will also take many years to reach 4G networks.

Industrial firms believe in the transformative potential of 5G technology and will adopt it quickly when it becomes available to them. 5G is the fifth generation cellular network technology that provides broadband access. 5G networks are digital cellular web, in which the service area covered by providers is divided, into a mosaic of small geographical areas. The coming generation mobile network has promised to provide extremely low latency, ubiquitous gigabit connection speeds, and unrestricted capacity. The modern industry will, in all ways, be positively affected by 5G's arrival.