Senior Consultant Jiří Čepica continues in the reflection of his colleague, with specific examples for the use of 5G networks and eco-systems. He gives a little foretaste of the upcoming conference entitled “The Czech Republic – an industrial superpower 2028?”, which will take place at Výstaviště Brno on 10 November. Come to discuss new technologies with us and get inspired by case studies that are just right for your company.

Within 5G technology, it is important to perceive the visible “popular” examples of use, on the one hand, such as 5G mobile networks and the associated high quality video streaming, high-speed, low-response internet connectivity via mobile and others. However, the cases of use less visible to citizens but all the more important, such as 5G for manufacturing companies, autonomous transport or smart sensors for almost everything are also important. 5G offers development in the three most familiar dimensions of enhanced mobile broadband networks (eMBB), Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications networks (URLLC) and Massive Machine Type Communication (mMTC).

Emerging ecosystems, which can integrate sensors for smart building management, automation of production, or increasing the safety of machine-human coexistence, play a crucial role in the development of 5G. Imagine a smart city that manages its own energy production according to available energy resources, works smartly with the ability to defer consumption or is able to, for example, automate transport, doing all of these safely and with maximum resource optimization.

This creates major benefits for smart factories (Industry 4.0), smart cities/villages, intelligent transport systems and automated transport, but also e-health, e-education, smart agriculture and so on.

The 5G will essentially require not only sufficient funding for science and research into possible technological solutions, but also the need for the presence of optical networks. This is precisely what the Czech Republic anticipates with the help of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in the sense of creating support programmes (subsidies) and allocating funds for both of these agendas. At the same time, innovation and support institutions exist here, such as the Innovation Centre of the Czech Republic, 5G Alliance, the BCO, the trend programme, etc.

Other challenges such as security and elimination of risk are no less important. 5G security in particular is a well-publicised topic, both in the health risk dimension of 5G broadcasting and in the cybersecurity field, where a number of fake news on the topic are being produced, but it is still necessary to work with and perceive these risks.