On June 6, 2022, Brasília became the first city with “pure” 5G operating in Brazil. The next cities to receive are São Paulo (SP), Porto Alegre (RS), João Pessoa (PB) and Belo Horizonte (MG). Anatel’s forecast is that by September 29, 2022 all Brazilian capitals will receive the new 5G technology.
However, you must be thinking “I’ve had 5G for a long time” or “It’s been a while since I watched a commercial from my operator saying that 5G has arrived”. What’s new with this new 5G?
The confusion occurred because what existed before June 6, 2022 in Brasília was the 5G DSS (Dynamic Spectrum Sharing), in free translation serial something like “dynamic spectrum sharing”. This is another technology that shares the capacity of 4G, 3G or 2G networks and can be considered fifth generation, but in terms of performance we have no comparison between the two technologies, the 5G called “Pure” is much superior.
The navigation of 5G in relation to 4G will be on average 30 times faster. To give an example: downloading an HD movie lasting 2 hours takes up to 12 hours on average; with 5G it will take 12 seconds.
Another important item in an Internet is latency, basically it is the response time that some application returns you with the requested information.
For gamers, you know how essential low latency is. On 5G it will represent an average of 1 to 4 milliseconds, whereas we currently have around 80 milliseconds on 4G.
Perhaps you have already been through a situation where many people want to access the internet, through their cell phones, at the same time. At a concert or a stadium, for example, you notice that you can’t use the Internet or the signal often drops.
This is because despite having a signal in the region, the radio that transmits 4G supports up to about 10,000 devices per square kilometer.
At a show with 30,000 people it would not be possible to connect, however 5G radio coverage will be able to connect about 1 million devices in the same space.
These advances will only be possible because this new technology will have an exclusive operating frequency, which will require a high investment from current operators to serve the entire country, as the current transmission equipment will have to be replaced.
Even the end consumer, if he wants to use the new technology, will need to invest in a new smartphone that supports 5G technology. Current cell phones, which use 5G DSS technology, do not guarantee that it is compatible with “Pure” 5G.
One area that will benefit greatly from this technology will be the IoT (Internet of Things) or the so-called Internet of Things. In short, it’s anything that can connect to the internet, from a light bulb to a car. This opens up a range of possibilities.
Autonomous cars and smart cities
You will be able to control everything from your cell phone or by voice through virtual assistants or even integration with other devices.
A great example will be autonomous cars: with a low latency network, high connection speed and the possibility of many devices per square meter of area, 5G will allow these cars to have real-time traffic information, interact in a intelligent with the different signs of the roads, communicate with other cars in the region to make the flow of the roads more fluid.
In theory, in a city with only smart cars there would no longer be the need for traffic lights, for example, the “cars” would know each other’s routes and organize the roads as efficiently as possible.
Speaking of this scenario of a city without traffic lights, how not to mention smart cities. With a city only of smart cars, we can also have smart public transport, a manager of a smart city will be able to see the conditions of the roads in real time, check where all their police officers are, how the health system is by region, being able to relocate resources in the best possible way.
Imagine that you have finished your workday, the driverless app car is already waiting for you, you activate your augmented reality glasses and go see the news of the day and personal notifications.
Smart houses
You are informed by your refrigerator that, based on your consumption, you have already requested the replacement of the products that had run out and that the purchases are at your door waiting to be removed.
Your house already knows you are coming, based on the location of your cell phone, it already fills your bathtub with the temperature of the water you like, when you approach, it already turns on the light in front of your house.
When she gets closer she unlocks the door and turns on the interior lights, beeps informing her to pick up the purchases that arrived.
You take the groceries and go in, the outside light turns off and the door automatically locks, the house speakers start playing the music you like.
While you are in the shower, your virtual assistant asks what you want for dinner or makes a suggestion based on your taste, you confirm, she already places your order and informs you of the delivery forecast. A few minutes later your order arrives, on a delivery drone, on time.
Does this all sound like fiction? Many of the technologies cited above, in the example, already exist in early stages. 5G came to integrate communications between completely different devices, generating more and more mobility and new possibilities, as well as encouraging companies to invest in the IoT market, which has everything to grow dramatically in the coming years.
It is worth remembering that our country has continental proportions and installing 5G everywhere will depend on a high investment by telecommunications companies, as well as the creation of infrastructure.
There is no doubt that once again the implemented system would help people, companies and governments. This would, in fact, be the democratization of the Internet in the country.
5G with speed and quality equal to and, in some cases, even superior to current broadband Internet, recalls the same process of technological change when we stopped using fixed lines and switched to mobile lines.
We may be living through the same turning point, where fixed internet will be a thing of the past and the trend will now be 5G everywhere.
Lilian Primo Albulquerque is CEO and Co-Founder of Mobye Mobility Eletrica, VP of the Advisory Board of the Latin American Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and VP of IT at ANEFAC.
Featured Photo: Pexels
Want to know more about the news? Don’t forget to follow ADNEWS on social media and stay on top of everything!
The post The 5G of the future finally arrived in Brazil appeared first on DNAMEWS.
