Urban 5G has to date focused on site-specific initiatives like industrial facilities, sporting events, smart districts and critical transport infrastructures such as ports. ![]() All but one city have deployed 5G, whether in pilots and testing or for commercial use. The DCI cities overwhelmingly recognise and support 5G, with all but one having a strategy in place either in a national or local initiative, while recognising multiple use-case applications such as fixed wireless access, enhanced mobile broadband, massive machine-type communications and the IoT. ![]() However, prompted by the pandemic, municipalities across the world, from Washington DC to Jakarta, have stepped up their investments in connectivity, such as offering free Wi-Fi and adding hotspots-in some cases for the first time-potentially creating a new era of more direct intervention to address digital divides.Ĭities are “5G-ready” but rollout needs to be comprehensive to enable the full realisation of intelligent cities. Unaffordable, unreliable or inaccessible internet services will impact many city-level goals-especially during the covid-19 pandemic era when, for example, socioeconomically disadvantaged children have been unable to access online learning resources even in high-income areas. ![]() In many cities in the DCI, connectivity levels are too low or limited to allow for comprehensive digital transformation, with half of the cities scoring below 70 out of 100.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |