5G technology has just emerged, so don’t rush to pour cold water on it

After 3G and 4G have successively gone from unfamiliar concepts to widely used realities, the 5G era is approaching us. However, just when the discussion about 5G first appeared, we heard some familiar doubts, such as 5G is a hyped concept, unlikely to be realized, and consumers do not need this technology, and so on.

In fact, this kind of voice has appeared every time technology faces revolutionary changes. Those people keep warning that a certain technology is impossible to achieve, or even if it is achieved, it cannot be widely used, or that consumers do not need this technology. For example, when the mobile communication network was first built, many people said that we have phones at home and in the office, so do we still need to carry a phone with us at all times? However, the development of the past few decades has proved that we not only accept but also have to carry a mobile phone with us to use this phone to surf the Internet, take pictures, make payments, and handle various things.

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For example, the debate over 3G in the communications industry was very intense, and some well-known experts in the industry bluntly said that the investment in 3G research and development would be wasted. But today, does anyone still think so?

Facts have proved that 3G technology research and development and network construction have not only replaced voice and text messaging services to become the main source of income for telecom operators, but also revitalized the shrinking market caused by the saturation of demand for functional mobile phones, ushering in an era of prosperity for the smartphone industry.

More importantly, the development of 3G and later 4G also brought many valuable services to consumers. In addition to the convenience of information communication through various social software, users can also use various services and payment platforms to shop online, order food, book hotels, etc. Various services relying on the network and positioning have also developed rapidly. Online car-hailing and shared bicycles are all based on data communication networks and smart phones.

Facts have proved that 3G has not been in vain, but has made great contributions to telecom operators, communication product manufacturers and society. We should also have a protective and rational attitude towards the newly emerging 5G.

From the development trend, 5G will not only bring faster network speed, but also have the characteristics of ubiquitous network, low power consumption, low latency, and the interconnection of all things, and even reconstruct the network security system. The concepts or technologies that have emerged, such as the Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence, can only be truly commercialized and widely used in the 5G era.

Decades of practice have proven that our predictions on mobile communication technology have always been conservative, and the actual situation is far beyond our imagination, and 5G is no exception. It is unreasonable to pour cold water on 5G, which is of little reference value to the industry and consumers. When new technologies come, the result of waiting, watching, and hesitating can only be losing opportunities in the competition. Therefore, for 5G, Chinese technical workers and telecom operators will not wait and see, but will do their best to rush to the front.