The opening debate on Day 2 of the Summit began with Dr. Atsuko Okuda, Head of ITU Asia Pacific, and Toni Eid, Founder of Telecom Review Group, sharing ideas on a theme titled “Building the Asian Dream.”
Intelligent connectivity powered by 5G is a key pillar for advancing industries in a modernized digital economy. True Corporation, a communication conglomerate in Thailand, leverages 5G as an enabler for digital transformation that can best deliver value to both the public and private sectors, as the country navigates its ongoing digital evolution to better lead in the digital economy.
Telecom Review, in collaboration with du, hosted the 6th International Telecommunication Union (ITU) CxO meeting on December 6 at the Intercontinental Dubai. The hybrid meeting saw participation from TDRA, du, Huawei, Nokia, China Telecom, TELUS, ZTE, Orange, Senko, Rohde & Schwartz, APTelecom, Arab ICT Organization, IBM, and Sofrecom.
Carbon emissions from some digital companies assessed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) were reported to have increased to 239 million tons in 2020, or equivalent to 0.75% of the emissions worldwide.
Under its annual theme “Global. Regional. Digital,” the 16th edition of the Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit successfully concluded its two-day gathering with the participation of a broad range of professionals, including telecom operators, telecom vendors, industry regulators, government officials, content providers, cybersecurity experts and consultants, among other attendees.
Ubiquitous 10 Gbit/s experiences, the number of connected IoT devices reaching hundreds of billions, energy efficiency, and everything around will become intelligently connected, including wearables, intelligent vehicles and robots —these are what will be shaping the 5.5G era.
While 5G is still unfolding and far from being ubiquitous, discussions on 6G technology are already ongoing. With new cellular technologies being introduced approximately every decade, 6G promises to be the newest hype, following 5G, that will take shape in the 2030s.
Imagine a one-stop platform to access all government services – from birth records and tax transactions to updating information on one’s mortgage loans and healthcare benefits; a surveillance system to help emergency operators foresee the need to deploy rescue teams to different locations; or robots that can help recovering stroke patients exercise and remind those with early-stage dementia to take their medication.
The opening blog from Ericsson’s Data Driven Transformation series in partnership with FutureNet World.
“Global, Regional, Digital” is the theme of the 16th Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit, and it is indeed all of these and more. This edition of our global summit will be the largest ever, with high-level international and regional participation gathered in a digital atmosphere.
