Mobile Magazine November 2020 | Page 46

HELPING THE REGION THRIVE
5G

5G allows for massive connectivity and throughput which will increase not only the amount of data points but the richness of the data gathered ”
— Julian Gorman , Head of APAC , GSMA
46 as well as hundreds of individual innovators and ecosystem members . “ Recently , STC Group joined as the program ’ s first non-APAC MNO . The members have been working very closely together and we ’ ve seen great collaborations like Daviteq ( which is a Viettel partner ), and eFishery ( which is an Indonesian startup ) achieve very good exposure for their project which provides a Smart Factory solution and
Smart Farming solution across several APAC countries ,” says Gorman .
HELPING THE REGION THRIVE
As a facilitator and supporter of MNOs , the GSMA hosts some of the mobile industry ’ s largest events and conferences around the world . It produces the Mobile World Congress ( MWC ) events held each year in Barcelona , Los Angeles and Shanghai , as
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