«Dress me slowly, I'm in a hurry», good saying to face the road to 5G

5G mobile network technology offers us a great promise of hyperconnectivity-from the internet of people, to the "internet environment"-which, despite headlines that seem to announce their imminent fulfillment, will still take years to become a tangible reality and of massive use.There is no hurry, because Spain has advanced fixed and mobile networks that can still extract a lot of performance, but the profound transformation that is coming requires a lot of work that should be advanced. Without hurrying, because what is being built today is a new economic and, also, social model.

With this objective, the operators and manufacturers of networks and terminals are carrying out tests to understand the advantages and , where appropriate, profitability that this disruption in communications will offer.Segun explains Manuel Sanchez Malagon, Director of Network Planning at Orange Espana, "it is key to learn from this new technology and say sruptiva, taking advantage, meanwhile, the growth margin that our 4G network has to offer customers the best possible 5G network at the right time ".

And it is the customers that They are driving this transformation. With growth in the network of 80% year-over-year, operators point out that, despite its high cost, 5G is not an election, it will be something necessary since current technology will not support the rate at which users multiply. In 2024, about 1.5 billion people will be connected to the 5G network, according to the Ericsson Mobility Report.

This document indicates that 5G will reach more than 40% of the population by the end of 2024 .By then, according to researchers, the monthly consumption of mobile data of each user will exceed 21 GB , an amount almost four times higher than what is estimated on average in 2018.Then, within eight years, 5G networks will be the responsible for 25% of data traffic mobiles of the world.

However, in addition to offering greater connection capacity, 5G opens the door to more disruptive uses that have to do with connected cars, smart factories or smart cities. Applications that require the development of everything a new industrial ecosystem around the network, a new landscape that seeks to make sense with the realization of pilot experiences that offer viable use cases.