Nokia urges 5G adoption while promoting products
Nokia is showcasing its latest technologies to capitalise on the advent of 5G broadband internet.
“Allocation of a proper spectrum range will help the country prepare for global technology adoption, and Thailand should not fall behind,” said Sebastien Laurent, country director for Nokia Networks.
The most bandwidth spectrum allocated for 5G in Asean is 700 megahertz, while many other countries use 2.5 gigahertz, 2.6GHz and 3.5GHZ, and the investment for the upgrade from 4G to 5G is not huge.
Thailand needs 5G to support mobile data growth, as 5G is 10 times faster than present technology.
The existing technology cannot support the expected traffic in 2020, which has a 19% unmet capacity demand.
New virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) innovations have a variety of use cases in events, education, tourism and in-vehicle entertainment.
Globally, 5G standardisation will be ready in 2018. While the new spectrum has yet to be implemented in Thailand, Nokia’s chipset devices will available in the next 12 months.
Mr Laurent said 5G will triple opportunities in the consumer market and serve industrial revolution use cases in critical automation such as electric grids, drones and car control.
“For Nokia, 5G is one among key technologies and one with vast potential in Thailand, where mobile proliferation rates are at a staggering 110%,” he said. “This readiness of the country has resulted in Thailand being earmarked as a priority nation for Nokia.”
There are several new applications and technologies that Nokia can bring to the market, including 5G New Radio (NR), which is a new interface that delivers faster, more responsive mobile broadband experiences and supports a vast range of services, devices and deployments that 5G encompasses.
NR delivers wireline-like fibre speeds using wireless technology at a much lower cost-per-bit, while also efficiently connecting a massive number of things that require connectivity.
Nokia Ultra Compact Network is a complete LTE network, including radio, core and applications, that can be deployed within minutes to provide voice, video and broadband data services.