| |October 20199· The network will support massive M2M communications ­ Applications that work on the concept of connections between machines have been cooking for some time. But have been unable to take off, because existing networks will be unable to support such applications in real time. For M2M to succeed, latency needs to be low, and the machines need to connect to each other without draining out power. Telemetry has been used globally in manufacturing, security, logistics, and agriculture. The large number of devices that will get on networks, in addition to the already existing and growing number of humans with smartphones will severely affect the performance of existing networks. This is where 5G networks will make M2M communications possible in networks that offer virtually unlimited capacity. · Realizing the full potential of 5G - The Naval Postgraduate School in California got as much as 24 drones to swarm and `talk' to each other. At the recent winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Intel flew over 1,200 drones with precision to form different shapes, creating a world record. This is an indication of the `connection' of `things' to come. 5G will permit things to remain connected with each other, in a way that does not require human interaction, working autonomously. At present, the available networks can only demonstrate the possibilities but will be unable to take the burden of many devices remaining connected at the same time, at high speed and with low latency. Here, 5G promises to be the platform that permits the full realization of IoT. · Better business cases of 5G - machines score over humans - 5G will be a lot different from its predecessors, not just in its performance, but also in the business cases for its growth. 5G will offer operators additional revenue of 34% through 5G enabled opportunities by 2026. This is because, 5G will allow machines to perform better in the network, thereby creating better opportunities for business use cases. Superior reliability and lower latency are necessary for mission-critical applications. And capacity needs to be greater to permit many `things' to talk to each other. I foresee a future, where machines will contribute and change the quality and convenience of life. For this to happen, 5G is the design ready platform that will allow optimum performance.More importantly, 5G will generate 8,70,000 jobs by 2021, and this value addition will help create new revenue streams for service providers. SPs will look at other customer bases, where new business use cases will bring revenue. 5G will not be of small incremental value but will become a necessity in a connected world. And, I am excited that India has taken the right initiative, with the establishment of a high-level panel that plans to develop a product portfolio targeting 50 percent of the Indian market and 10 percent of the global market. It is now the turn of SPs to reach out to businesses with design ready solutions and business cases. Yes, the telecom revolution has indeed arrived at the `business end,' and it can only get better from here.Opportune time to Execute on New Telecom PolicyThere couldn't have been a more opportune time to implement the new telecom policy to supplement the 5G technology and help telecommunication providers gear up for the challenging task ahead.If executed properly, the telecom operators are expected to post 34 percent higher revenues worth around $582 billion by 2026 on the back of a 5G-enabled industry digitalisation market. Sanjay Kaul, President of Asia, Pacific and Japan
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