The Global Mobile Communications Trade Group (GSMA) reported that 5G connections are expected to surpass one billion in 2022, increasing to two billion by 2025. The industrial sector is set to benefit from an increase in the 5G rollout. However, despite the push for the rollout of 5G in Europe the implementation of 5G, technology has been slower than other countries. In this article, Neil Ballinger, Head of EMEA at EU Automation, compares 4G and 5G in relation to the manufacturing industry.
In the manufacturing industry, near-real-time inter-exchange of data is necessary to allow for machine-to-machine or machine-to-cloud data transfers. However, to achieve this, manufacturers need a network that guarantees low-latency and high-bandwidth transfers. 5G is the first mainstream wireless network built for the industrial sector, unlike 4G, which focused heavily on cellular networking. Apart from the…
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