HUAWEI
I think this will significantly reduce the need for physical travel over time , which will have positive environmental impact . AI will be an instrumental part of the 6G network architecture and will also be an enabler for energy reduction .”
ERIK HALLBERG
Board member of HiQ and Edgeware , among others , and chairman of the board of Haltian . He has previously also been CEO of Netmore Group and President of Telia Carrier .
“ At the same time , Sweden is an early adopter market where you get quick feedback on new concepts targeting both consumers and enterprise users . The research on future wireless networks that we conduct in Sweden fits very well into that equation .”
“ With 5.5G we will take social interaction to a next level by further reducing the gap between the physical and digital worlds . 5.5G is at the same time a response to the accelerating industry automation that will bring a more diverse set of IoT uses that will rely on sensing capabilities and heavy uplink transmission ”
“ Continuing , the 6G network will deliver such high bandwidth and low latency that we will be able to digitally transfer ourselves as holograms ,” says Thurberg . “ And they will appear as truly realistic versions of ourselves .
Champions of sustainability Huawei has always used innovation to address sustainability , and that is an evergreater focus with 5G and 6G networks . Thurberg strongly believes that climate change has to be tackled for the sake of the planet , and also to tear down social barriers .
The United Nations set out its Sustainable Development Goals ( SGDs ) in 2015 . They are a call-for-action by all countries to promote prosperity while protecting the planet . They recognise that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs while tackling climate change and environmental protection . The SDGs are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 – by which time the telecom industry aims to be delivering 6G .
“ 5G and to a greater extent 6G will help us reduce the energy consumption in the mobile network significantly ,” says Thurberg . “ It will enable the build-up of smart cities , and perhaps even more important support a wide range of industries to achieve their environmental targets .
“ It is also an enabler for essential rights such as healthcare and education . The ultimate consequence of these sustainability development goals is that we have to generate more connectivity for more people from less energy . We therefore put a lot of effort into making our equipment more energy efficient and on solutions that can deliver coverage over large areas . And that could be either in developing countries
348 April 2021