The implementation of 5G internet could add around $1.2 trillion, or approximately R$ 6.5 trillion, to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2035, according to a study by Nokia. The technology brought by 5G, with its high-speed performance, the possibility of multiple connections, and low response time, has the potential to foster the development of technologies that will optimize the productive sector and significantly impact the country’s economic growth.
The boost in innovation and economic competitiveness driven by 5G was discussed on the 11th of the last month during the first edition of the international seminar 5G.BR, promoted in São Paulo by the Ministry of Communications. One of the event’s panels focused on the revolution that the new technology could cause in the industry and the economy of the country. The speakers debated how the fifth generation of mobile data impacts digital transformation, enhancing the use of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Igor Calvet, president of ABDI, believes that with 5G, we are experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, which went through steam, electricity, data processing, and now will take advantage of the integration of the physical world with the digital one, with an optimization never seen before.
“We are facing something that can enable a revolution from the industry’s point of view. I would say that this connectivity allowed by 5G will bring consumers closer to suppliers, will bring the supply chain much closer, will bring various areas within the company closer together. So, the connectivity that will indeed provide the connection of various actors, and between the physical and digital worlds,” says Calvet.
The CEO of V2COM, Guilherme Spina, explains that 5G will directly impact industry productivity and effectively enable the digitization of real assets, with greater value generation and cost reduction.
“Waze is an asset optimizer. The city has an investment in assets, which are the streets, and the use of these assets in a non-digitized manner generated a series of bottlenecks. If we think of an industrial environment, which has a series of assets in place, 5G will enable the emergence of ‘wazes,’ the optimizers of this installed capacity, improving productivity,” explains Spina.
The WEG group, of which V2COM is a part, has been conducting tests for two years on 5G technology in private networks and production structures. The tests have shown that fifth-generation internet will leverage the digitization of the production environment and provide gains in support processes, improve managerial decisions, and reduce risks and waste.
Industry 4.0
According to a survey by the Ministry of Economy, the use of 5G solutions could represent an impact of R$ 590 billion per year in the country, both due to increased productivity and cost reduction enabled by Industry 4.0.
The high data navigation speed of 5G, combined with the low response time of commands and the capacity to support connections of multiple devices on the same network, is what favors the development of 4.0 business models, with increasingly intelligent factories and production spaces.
In the so-called Internet of Things, connected machines “talk” to each other, opening space for applications such as big data, automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence. These are technologies that optimize production, integrate processes, ensure greater efficiency, reduce costs, and increase the competitiveness of the Brazilian productive sector.
Upcoming seminars
The capitals Porto Alegre, Natal, Manaus, and Brasília will host the next editions of the 5G.BR Seminar, where the Ministry of Communications will continue to discuss the advances made possible by the new technology and the means to apply them in service of citizens. Of these upcoming capitals, only Porto Alegre and Brasília have already made 5G available. Natal and Manaus are still awaiting the completion of the cleaning of the 3.5 GHz band. The entire 5G implementation process in the country’s capitals should be completed by September 29 to meet Anatel’s requirements.
Source: Brasil 61