Role of 5G stressed in industrial transformation

[snoop1130]

Role of 5G stressed in industrial transformation

By THE NATION

 

Wichian Premchaiswadi

 

The 5G wireless broadband technology is key to the digital transformation of the industrial sector, said Wichian Premchaiswadi, vice chairman of the Digital Council of Thailand, on Wednesday (January 15).

 

For instance, factories can deploy 5G to boost the performance of machinery in the production process, he told a seminar on businesses key to economic growth this year, hosted by the Economic Reporters Association.

 

Speaking at a separate event, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said the 5G spectrum auction on February 16 is expected to sell at least 25 licences with a total value of Bt54.65 billion.

 

Proceeds of the auction will be handed over to the state coffer.

 

The NBTC will call bids for 56 licences, combining 700MHz, 1800MHz, 2600MHz and 26GH bands, worth a total of Bt160.577 billion.

 

Five companies have picked up the bid document, including the three subsidiaries of True Corp, Advanced Info Service and Total Access Communication. The other two are TOT and CAT Telecom.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30380610

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-01-15

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[bluesofa]

7 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Five companies have picked up the bid document, including the three subsidiaries of True Corp, Advanced Info Service and Total Access Communication. The other two are TOT and CAT Telecom.

If the proposed merger of CAT and TOT goes ahead, would this put the 'new' company at an advantage if it has two sets of licences?

 

[DrTuner]

Factories are better off with wired lan. 5G is one of the most overhyped techs.

[Krataiboy]

14 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Factories are better off with wired lan. 5G is one of the most overhyped techs.

Bang on. The one good idea Jeremy Corbyn came up with in his disastrous UK election campaign was to use fibre-optic cable rather than wifi for the nations planned 5G network.

 

There are also numerous well-documented health, privacy and environmental issues associated with 5G. Unfortunately we hear little of these as a mass media set to make a killing from additional revenue linked to the new technology.

 

Forewarned is forearmed. . . 

 

https://ehtrust.org/key-issues/cell-phoneswireless/5g-networks-iot-scientific-overview-human-health-risks/

 

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