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5G coming to Dubai first, to provide 115 Gbps internet speed | Telecom operator Etisalat will bring in the 5G mobile network to Dubai at
the next World Expo in 2020, first in the world. The fifth generation network will
provide 115 Gbps internet speed. |
DUBAI: Dubai is hosting World Expo 2020. It will see around 25 million visitors
during the six-month exhibition, from October 2020 through April, 2021. The
Expo theme is "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future". The UAE had won the right
to host the World Expo in Dubai.
The
Expo in Dubai will need a world-class telecom system and the telecom operator
Etisalat will bring in the 5G mobile network. The fifth generation mobile network
will provide 115 Gbps internet speed, making the UAE the world's first nation to roll
out 5G network.
According to the chief executive officer of the Etisalat Group, Ahmad Julfar,
Etisalat has the extensive ICT expertise and digital value proposition to provide
innovative infrastructure that will help host the "best Expo that the world has
witnessed". He was speaking at the GSMA conference.
The experts say mobile generation systems appear almost every 10 years. The 1G
system started in 1981, 2G in 1991, 3G in 2001 and 3G in 2010. The new 5G will
come around 2020. The next 5G will be very expensive, said Julfar.
This calls for new business model between the telecom operators and internet
companies.
Etisalat operates in 19 countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia and has
around 180 million customers.
The Expo Dubai will be serviced by three international airports and a world-class
road and transport system to ensure easy access.
A growth in broadband penetration can bring around additional growth in GDP and
ICT-related activity is expected to boost the world’s growth by 50 per cent in the
long run.
October 24, 2015 |
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