The 5G Revolution

Projectified

Apr 01, 2020•15 min•Season 3Ep. 8

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Episode description

5G networks are coming online around the world, bringing new, innovative project opportunities. Will Townsend, senior analyst, networking infrastructure and carrier services at Moor Insights and Strategy in Austin, Texas, USA, discusses how latency reduction will drive innovation on projects. He also shares early 5G use cases involving edge computing.

Odianosen Peter Ebhabha, PMP, project director at Huawei in Lagos, Nigeria, talks about how infrastructure, politics and funding can affect 5G launches in emerging markets. He also talks about 5G’s impact on the internet of things, remote medical support and education in remote areas.

Key themes

[01:42] Latency’s role in innovative 5G projects

[05:17] Challenges in emerging markets: infrastructure, politics and funding

[08:51] Potential innovations to IoT, healthcare and education

[12:39] 5G brings big data and need for skills in data analytics

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