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“There are also challenges the industry will face. In some scenarios, the deployment of 5G may be very expensive compared to the additional revenues it will produce initially.” CHANGING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION The most obvious application for moving content around is improved mobile broadband, with 5G building on the capabilities of its predecessor. Chris Alner, business development director, satellite and media at Arqiva, says: “The next is fixed wireless access (FWA), as in many instances 5G will oer better speeds and lower costs than fixed broadband solutions, such as fibre and cable; this will be the case in urban and suburban areas under certain conditions.” Trials suggest 5G could be considerably faster than we currently believe, “with some in the industry estimating eventual download speeds up to 1,000 times higher than 4G, potentially exceeding 10Gbps”, states Alner. “This may
not happen immediately, but such speeds are faster than most, if not all, current UK consumer fixed broadband lines. This could be an indication that 5G will transform the telecommunication industry as a whole, not just mobile.” The superior capabilities of 5G to deliver at fast speeds with close to zero latency will mean that live events such as sports can be streamed to individuals in near real time with excellent speed, quality and reliability. “Content such as match statistics could be superimposed and viewers could choose from multiple camera angles to make it a more immersive experience,” says Zarri. “This will likely lead to innovations in the delivery of premium content oers. It will also take seconds to download typically heavy content such as TV, films (in 4K or 8K Ultra High Definition) or games, without any connectivity problems.” In the end it is about the content and how easy it is to get it distributed, says Horneland. He explains: “This puts the
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