EETimes' Special Report 3.22.2022
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Hyperscalers and 5G: Collision or Collusion?
5G’s massive machine-type communications (mMTC) feature set enables private and public networks to support up to one million devices per square kilometer. That’s just one example of how and why IoT and other connected devices will generate about 73 zettabytes annually by 2025, IDC predicts.
The Virtual Reality Ride of Public 5G
Imagine yourself in realistic 3D surroundings, able to see and hear music or sports from any angle you chose, or to examine valuable objects up close and personal. Simply by slipping a 3D visor on, you can enter an entirely new world. This is the virtual reality (VR) vision that canny operators and vendors are claiming is enabled by 5G.
Russia and The 5G Cold War
Ericsson and Nokia have already confirmed that they have stopped supplying infrastructure to Russian operators Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Megafon, and Veon. Russia’s largest mobile operator MTS started working with the Swedish vendor in 2020 on large-scale modernization of its existing cellular infrastructure (2G/3G/4G) towards a 5G future.