China, the United States, Europe and other governments have invested heavily in 5G construction and 5G warfare

The global 5G commercialization step has entered the countdown stage. Governments around the world regard the 5G construction and application development as an important national goal. The 5G telecom operators and equipment manufacturers of various technology camps are also ready to go, and the 5G market is on fire. The 5G boom in the world, some operators are worried that the 5G application field is too idealistic, the industry may invest huge amounts of money, but in the end, consumers who may need 5G transmission speed are not as expected, and telecom operators or equipment manufacturers may be too fast and risky. .

Ericsson's latest action trend report predicts that the number of 5G users in the world will reach 550 million in 2020, and the market in North America and Asia Pacific will account for more than 30%. By then, standardized 5G networks are expected to emerge. Many companies have already invested in 5G networks. Road construction and equipment development, as the investment of 4G network is coming to an end, once the global 5G construction is fully launched, it will not only ignite a new wave of network equipment market growth momentum, but also the industrial competition ecology will be greatly changed.

The global 5G development boom is on the rise, including Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries. The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said that he hopes that the UK will become the world leader of 5G and play a pioneer in the 5G field. The mainland is also rushing to develop 5G technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It is pointed out that the first phase of the 5G network key technology experimental test has been completed, the 5G standard will be announced in 2018, it is expected to be commercialized in 2020, and will be fully operational before the winter Olympics in 2022, and mainland China also has an alliance with British Telecom (BT). I hope to be a leader in 5G mobile technology.

Recently, including AT&T, Ericsson and Intel (Intel) in the 5G laboratory test, reaching a transmission speed of 14GB per second, some operators are expected to have more room for next-generation network transmission speed. The Netcom equipment industry, which plays the leading role, believes that consumers are eager to have faster download speeds. Ericsson invests about $5 billion a year in research and development, and the 5G generation will have the opportunity to return the telecommunications industry to growth.

However, the industry is generally optimistic about the future development of the 5G market is really bright, there is still debate, some players believe that although the 5G generation has been discussed for many years, some countries have begun to conduct relevant tests, but currently 5G is still not clearly defined, international action The communication standards organization 3GPP decided to finalize the 5G wireless communication-related coding scheme in November, but more specifications in the 5G field are still the status of competition for all parties.

Global telecom operators and equipment operators are too eager to sprint in the 5G field and may be at risk. William Webb, former director of research and development at the UK Communications and Communications Authority (Ofcom), believes that the discussion on 5G is too idealistic, and the industry is investing huge amounts of money, but in the end Consumers who may need such transmission speeds are far less than expected, and the current situation has become that everyone is pretending to see the king's new clothes, including the government, academics and Netcom equipment factories are carrying out relevant 5G publicity.

Webb pointed out that the industry's obsession with transmission speed is just like the space engineers' investment in supersonic travel in the 1960s. Although it has contributed to the arrival of the Concorde, it can achieve twice the speed of sound, but this speed does not cost. The benefits have not helped the entire aerospace industry.

In addition, under the strong encouragement of equipment vendors and chip operators, telecom operators are expecting 5G applications to be realized soon. However, the current high-quality image transmission applications provided by 5G, consumers are willing to pay for purchase is still a question mark. Another imaginary space of 5G is the Internet of Things (IoT) application. If it can bring fast and stable connection, the future includes networked vehicles, virtual reality (VR) applications, smart cities and electronic medical care.

Some research institutions believe that 2017 may be a turning point in 5G development, including the low-power narrow-band IoT, which will begin commercial testing and become the key to the development of 5G. In the future, smart cities must support 1 million devices per square meter. A low-latency, stable network, but currently a low-latency network like the French network operator Sigfox, is a cheaper solution than 5G.

As for how 5G enters the mass market, there is some debate. T-Mobile technology chief Peter Evans believes that it takes at least 10 years for ultra-high-quality mobile phones to become popular. Instead of betting now, T-Mobile would rather spend time. the study. Ericsson is full of confidence in this, stressing that when the 4G was launched, some people also questioned that there is already 3G, why do they need faster transmission technology.