How 5G can help businesses.

5G is the next generation of mobile connectivity that is scheduled to launch in 2020. Telecom and Vodafone They have already announced the new mobile networks 5G in Spain, which promise speeds far superior to 4G, supposedly reaching up to 1GB speed. Companies must be attentive to the arrival of these new connections as they will be very important for the technological changes that are coming.

5G offers us unparalleled speed and capacity. reduced consumption and response time They will enable the use of new technological products and services. Instead of the usual latency of 40-50 milliseconds we had with 4G, now with 5G we would take between 1 and 2 milliseconds.

This new network has smaller antennas, making it possible for its deployment or installation will be much simplerIt can be installed on light poles, buildings, and many other infrastructures. We will also have a much smoother signal density, allowing bandwidth to reach gigabits per second. Vodafone has confirmed that the browsing speed will be 100 times faster than the current one.

The first confirmed cities to receive 5G are: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Malaga, Zaragoza, Bilbao, Vitoria, San Sebastian, A Coruña, Vigo, Gijon, Pamplona, Logroño and Santander.

Many companies believe that this new network will only allow us to “do the same things, but faster,” but they ignore the wide range of possibilities it opens up. 5G will allow for greater network segmentation, meaning we can run different virtual networks in the same physical space. This will allow us to access more applications from a single network signal. We're talking about 5G potentially being able to handle more than thousand devices per meter. That would allow us to carry out the already known “Internet of Things”, which is nothing more than bringing the internet to many everyday things. You could be a dishwasher, a vacuum cleaner, a lawnmower… We would be talking about spaces fully connected to the internet, or as they are called, “smart spaces.” This also applies to businesses. Industries will become more dynamic, making it possible to “smart factories”. If production is automated, processes will be more efficient and profitable, and the benefits will extend to functions such as logistics and distribution, product planning, and development. Companies will be able to track the location of products at any given point. From start to finish, the production process will be more effective, dynamic, and profitable.

Greater connectivity should also foster the development of productivity outside the company itself, In this new era, work becomes separate from daily routines, such as business trips, shared projects across different offices, and remote work. Employees will have more connected devices that allow them to monitor their work progress even when they are no longer physically present at the location where it was done, and they will have better mobile access to all kinds of applications and services.

Business leaders should start thinking about how 5G will impact their companies and how they can capitalize on it. If companies don't seize this opportunity, they will miss out on a unique business opportunity that competitors will surely fill.

At Apen we are convinced that this new connectivity will facilitate access to and implementation of the “cloud systems” for businesses and will improve the “cloud computing” This will allow companies to access their software, databases, and documents from anywhere more efficiently and quickly.