EDITOR ’ S QUESTION
Frost & Sullivan , an ICT market intelligence and strategy consulting firm across more than 15 verticals , considers the following aspects to accelerate 5G deployment in Latin America and its use in the corporate sector .
• The spectrum auctions must be carried out in the short term by the regulatory agencies and public politics must be accelerated . There must be definition and execution . We can no longer wait for a technology that is vitally important for the economic and productive development of the countries and the region .
• Spectrum auctions must be competitive to encourage investment in 5G and feature innovative schemes such as zonal spectrum auctions , private 5G networks , the extension of license concessions to more years and multi-band auctions as occurred in Brazil , for example .
• Continue and strengthen the expansion of 4G and LTE coverage by mobile operators in Latin America and then migrate to 5G . Also , highcapacity fiber optic networks with 5G at the network transport layer .
• Develop mobile industrial equipment and devices that support 5G at more competitive prices .
• Facilitate in a more agile and less bureaucratic way the licensing processes for infrastructure installation in the different cities of Latin America since 5G requires the deployment of a significant number of microcells ( small cells ).
The deployment of 5G will have a standout impact on the corporate segment .
It is because it is expected a hyper-connected and integrated digital ecosystem with Artificial Intelligence , Big Data , Blockchain , quantum computing and other disruptive technologies with great potential , besides connection speeds and low latency .
It is especially true in sectors such as Industry 4.0 , healthcare with telemedicine applications and remote surgeries with high resolution , commerce with Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality applications , and intelligent transportation and logistics .
Likewise , for the small and medium-sized enterprises , which constitute more than 90 % of the business structure in Latin America , there is an enormous potential for innovation , development of new disruptive services , automation and more efficient internal processes . p
There is an enormous potential for innovation , development of new disruptive services , automation and more efficient internal processes .
MARCELO RUIZ , DIRECTOR OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING , FROST & SULLIVAN LATIN AMERICA
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