5G IA
98 have set the foundation for the industry ’ s understanding of 5G . “ One of the key results from the 5G PPP projects has been the creation of pre-standardisation consensus . This consensus has encompassed what the key functional blocks and requirements should be , as well as what 5G should do and what 5G should be . “ The 5G PPP program will run for seven to eight years . In the first phase which covered the first three to four years we have been doing fundamental research into 5G . The second phase was centred around bringing this 5G technology to other industries outside of the classical telecoms sector such as automotive , healthcare , media , industry 4.0 , smart cities and smart agriculture , to drive digital transformation and to make sure that the European industry is competitive by using this technology .” Dr . Willcock explained that , “ the promise of 5G is to use this technology as the enabling glue to make a truly digital society , both commercially within industry , but also from a societal point of view as an infrastructure to tackle
NOVEMBER 2020