Basic Benefits – Trillion Investments
By 2050, almost 70% of the world population, according to UN estimates, will live in cities, leading to rapid urbanization and creating complex challenges for politics and policy -making.
Timeless challenges facing large urban centers, such as ever -increasing congestion, environmental pollution and public security issues, require urgent solutions and innovative approaches. The key role in this direction is the advanced computer and digital communications technologies, with the main 5G, which has the main aim of improving the digital governance of cities and creating truly smart and sustainable urban centers. During the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, many exhibitors presented the main benefits of 5G to urban development.
What is 5G – its role in smart cities
5G is the fifth generation of digital communications networks and offers much higher speeds and greater efficiency than 4G. It provides high speeds on the internet, up to 100 times faster, and significantly reduces the delay in data transfer, allowing immediate response to the devices. In addition, it can at the same time support the connection of many devices without a fall in performance. This technology is especially important for smart applications, such as autonomous vehicles, robotic surgery, as well as smart cities, where a stable, fast and flexible network is required.
The basic benefits of 5G to smart cities
According to converging estimates, the main benefits of 5G focus on the following areas:
1. Security and protection. 5G allows for immediate data exchange, improving public security and response to emergency situations. It supports, inter alia, automated surveillance and recognition of artificial intelligence, enhancing safety in metro, airports and public spaces.
2. Environmental protection. 5G facilitates the creation of smart energy networks and pollution monitoring systems. It contributes to the creation of sustainable urban ecosystems, optimizing energy consumption and reducing the environmental footprint.
3. Functional efficiency. 5G improves public transport, detecting driver fatigue and coordinating traffic lights to prioritize public transport. At the same time, it supports automated cloud traffic management, improving the flow of movement in cities.
4. Smart Crisis Management. 5G allows the competent authorities to predict and manage natural disasters and crises. It enables to adapt infrastructure and services in real -time, through data analysis.
5. Improving the quality of life. 5G technology contributes to the creation of safer, cleaner and functional cities. At the same time, it enhances the economic growth, health and general prosperity of residents.
The future of smart cities with 5G – trillion investments
5G, as emphasized in all interventions at the conference, transforms life into the cities that incorporate it into their operation, creating a interconnected and urban environment. Through real -time data collection, automated cloud management and artificial intelligence, cities become safer, greener and more efficient, paving the way for a sustainable and prosperous future. The new urban centers, which incorporate 5G technologies from the beginning of their construction, since their birth, have a special advantage.
In particular, as experts point out, the new cities created from the beginning have significant advantages in the adoption of 5G over existing ones, as they are designed from the outset with modern infrastructure, such as fiber and smart networks. They are homogeneous and technologically compatible, facilitating IoT applications, autonomous vehicles and smart energy management. On the contrary, existing cities have old infrastructure and space limitations, making it difficult to complete 5G. They have challenges such as old infrastructure (copper instead of fiber optic) that require upgrading, different zones (old and new neighborhoods, historic buildings, infrastructure gaps) that make it difficult to make uniform coverage etc. Thus, new cities can become smarter cities.
According to a GSMA study, total annual investment in mobile broadband infrastructure amounts to $ 127 billion, with telecommunications providers internationally investing $ 109 billion. Another survey says by 2030, the contribution of mobile telephony to the global economy is expected to reach almost $ 11 trillion, or 8.4% of GDP. Much of this increase will come from improvements to productivity and efficiency, resulting from the increasing adoption of mobile services and digital technologies, including 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The Case of Hellenic – Incoring New Technologies from Foundations
One of the most typical cases of adopting new technologies and digital communications from its foundations internationally is The Ellinikon, the first smart city in Greece created by Lamda Development. According to the first announcements, the project that is in full swing throughout its extent incorporate advanced smart city technologies, such as:
– Internet of Things (IoT) applications, which turn every building into smart, improving the daily lives of residents.
– 5G networks and fiber optic networks that offer high speed connectivity and are the digital backbone of the new city.
– Sensors and automations, which reduce energy consumption and environmental footprint.
– The Park of The Ellinikon, one of the largest internationally, will incorporate 5G -based technologies for optimal space management. The lighting system will adjust the volume of the lamps depending on the time of day and the weather, while sensors will record and analyze air quality data and energy and water consumption.
As Lamda Development, Odysseas Athanasiou, has stated, the aim is to convert the area of the former Hellenic Airport into a state -of -the -art, smart and sustainable urban environment.
The technologies were selected by strict criteria to ensure that they meet the highest standards of sustainability and social impact.
In conclusion, 5G internationally is not just an upgrade of digital communications networks, it is the technological basis on which the smart cities of the future will be built, improving quality of life, safety and sustainability.
