How will 5G Revolutionize the Indian Startup Industry?
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The Industrial Revolution of the 1800s came with unprecedented levels of production which greatly boosted the GDP per capita income of the economies in American and European nations. While this greatly reduced the need for imports in these Economies, Nations like India merely ended up as suppliers of raw materials and this had an adverse effect on the economy.
From then till now, there has been a lot of technological revolutions but none has come close to the role digitization and mobile broadband play in the growth of the Indian industry. The world is in the midst of yet another revolutionary change with the Information communication and technology industry and its focus on mobile broadband and the imminent rise of 5G technology that is expected to serve as a catalyst in this sector.
What is 5G
Where does India stand among others
Industries that 5G begins to impact
Opportunities that 5G will provide to Startup Industry
FAQ
What is 5G
5G is a 5th generation technology that offers wireless connectivity across virtually all people and devices including objects and machines. Compared to its predecessors, 5G offers speeds in the range of multi-Gbps and reduced delays while improving reliability to assist with a wide range of critical activities such as remote surgery, self-driving cars, and increased surveillance, by offering lighting speed data with which movies can be downloaded within just seconds.
5G technology is all about the race to the future and whichever countries adopt this technology early in the race stands to gain a competitive edge among their rivals. However many countries are still early in their race to implement 5G networks due to the high cost and infrastructure required to implement the rollout of 5G technology.
South Korea has been one of the successful early adopters of 5G technology. American and European countries are not far too behind and have been heavily implementing 5G technology across their networks. China has also launched its own fully operational 5G network.
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Where does India stand among others
The rollout of its predecessors such as 2G, 3G, and 4G had been extremely slow in India with major delays in its implementation and this raises some questions on how India will fare in the race to setup 5G networks.
While the highly anticipated 5G is still in its planning phase, In December 2020, the chairman of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani had revealed that his telecom company, Jio, would launch 5G networks in the second half of 2021 owing to native developed technology, hardware, and network components.
With the rise of mobile usage and increased need for data services, the digital economy in India is expected to reach 1 trillion dollars by 2025. With nearly 1.2 billion mobile users and 560 million internet users, India is the second-largest internet in the world. With a stride of developments, India had taken in the past years to enable digital growth, 5G is expected to add more in empowering a Digital India.
Industries that 5G begins to impact
Agriculture, Healthcare, Education, Automobile, Retail, Banking, Sustainable Energy, Tech Enterprises, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Logistics Industry, Smart cities & smart homes, Gaming & entertainment Industry and Industry 4.0 are some of the fields being drastically altered by 5G technology. These are just some of the use cases I have provided at this time and 5G is enabling to do much more.
Majority of IoT devices of the future depend on 5G to provide connectivity and transfer massive sums of data to help companies bring more innovation. 5G is a major paradigm shift from 4G in the sense that 4G put the world in our hands and 5G seeks to do away with hands. IHS Economics projects that by the year 2035, 5G will enable around $12.3 trillion of the global economic output which from a business perspective will add a lot more jobs in the future.
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Opportunities that 5G will provide to Startup Industry
The key to the successful implementation of 5G networks lies in the telecom partnering together with startups to focus on driving innovation and disrupting the marketplace. The usage of 5G technology is unlike other technologies where you build the block and the uses present themselves rather 5G should be geared towards specific and focused use cases.
Telecom ecosystem has a large responsibility to transition into 5G, they should be able to provide high speeds at zero near latency and should make it sustainable. Telecoms partnered with startup companies will likely lead to more use cases and new ideas being generated. For example, Radisys a company headquartered in the US which builds IoT and 5G product was acquired by Reliance Industries to help strengthen their 5G networks.
Mymo, an Indian based startup that makes chipsets for 5G devices and Signal chip which makes chipsets for a 5G powered modem is taking on Qualcomm a global giant in the 5G chipset segment.
FAQ
When 5G will launch in India?
5G will roll out in India by the end of 2021 or the beginning of 2022.
When will Jio launch 5G?
Jio is planning to roll out 5G in India in the second half of 2021.
Which countries have 5G now?
South Korea is the first country to deploy 5G network.
Conclusion
With all the hype surrounding 5G, it is easy to lose track of all the innovations it has to offer. The technological advances with 5G mean newer business models wherein it possible to decide and allocate resources over shared networks geared towards specific users to enhance their user experience without disturbing the existing users.
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