Every year at the World Mobile Communications Conference, companies are racking their brains and coming up with new products and technologies to tell stories and create a better future for consumers. Since many of these stories can come true, they have attracted a lot of attention from the industry. This year's conference is going to tell the story?
The new smartphone, IoT, 5G technology (fifth generation mobile communication technology) - these hot topics at the last World Mobile Congress will remain the focus of this year. Especially the latter two, although many consumers still do not understand their concepts so far, in Barcelona, ​​the development of these technologies may become clearer.
New product
The World Mobile Communications Conference, which was released without a new mobile phone, was as boring as the Oscars that did not have a star. As in previous years, Samsung, LG and Huawei will hold a new product launch the day before the opening of the conference.
The most anticipated is Samsung's Galaxy S7 series smartphone. Judging from various market rumors, this new product is basically an optimized upgrade version of the Galaxy S6 series mobile phones currently on sale, and the hardware surprise may not be much. However, in view of Apple's mobile payment system Apple Pay has been officially launched in China, and has become the focus of the recent technology industry, whether Samsung as the leader of the Android system will show more substantial progress in the field of mobile payment has become a major highlight of the conference.
In addition to Samsung, South Korea's LG, China's millet and Microsoft and BlackBerry, which are relatively backward in the mobile phone market, will also release new smartphones one day before or after the opening of the conference.
In addition to mobile phones, this year's new product launch conference may also include the most popular VR (virtual reality) devices. Samsung has rumors that it will release a high-performance VR camera. Given that VR applications are still focused on video and game-based carriers, and other content is relatively small, Samsung's new devices may help developers better in VR. Creative in content production.
In addition, Huawei is expected to launch a two-in-one product that combines a laptop and a tablet. In view of the good response of Microsoft's Surface series after its launch, Lenovo has been selling a number of similar products. Huawei will face fierce competition in this segment.
5G technology
Many consumers may not be able to figure out which mobile communication technology they use on their mobile phones. However, the poor signal, unclear voice, and slow Internet access are not unfamiliar to many people. To solve these problems is not only simple for telecom operators to build base stations, but also requires the entire industry to jointly seek technological breakthroughs and establish common standards so that users can truly experience substantial changes. This is why 5G is still an important topic of this year's communication conference.
Mobile communication technology has gone through a long process from 3G to 4G. So how long does it take for the 5G network with the highest theoretical transmission speed of tens of Gb (gigabytes) per second? A common goal given by the industry at present is to start commercial deployment in 2020, and the highly developed markets such as South Korea and Japan have even set the 5G commercialization target at an earlier time.
When 4G technology is not fully popularized, China, South Korea, Japan, the United States, and the European Union have already started 5G related research and development. Whether it is an operator like China Telecom, a chip giant such as Qualcomm or Intel, or a mobile phone hardware manufacturer, the entire industry chain is pushing this process.
However, the key is to form the industry-standard 5G technology standard. In October 2015, the International Telecommunication Union officially formulated the “IMT-2020†roadmap for 5G development. According to this timetable, the agency will begin to collect 5G technology solutions in 2017, and 5G standardization work will be completed no later than 2020.
On the road to 5G, 4G technology is also evolving. Huawei announced at the same conference held in Beijing and London that it will focus on demonstrating 4.5G technology solutions at this year's Mobile World Congress to help operate. Business accelerates transformation.
Internet of Things
The Internet of Things has been said for so many years, and the applications that ordinary consumers can actually feel are still limited to intelligent thermostats and smart watches. But for the entire industry, IoT certification standards, link security of networked devices, and data transmission methods are the cornerstones for determining the future of IoT technology.
The 5G technology solution demonstrated by this year's Mobile Communications Conference is closely related to the Internet of Things application. By enabling high-speed wireless connectivity for cloud computing, data services and other devices, 5G will enable new features such as driverless cars that support smart routing, smart cities, and connected healthcare innovations.
However, similar to the development of 5G, the important issue that the Internet of Things technology needs to solve is how to form a unified technical standard recognized by the industry. Otherwise, the future development will face the challenge of “fragmentation†of the industry.
Omar Erummi, an expert on the Internet of Things's international standardization partner organization “oneM2Mâ€, said that both consumers and industry insiders will use different control methods to operate different devices when installing the IoT system. It is very confusing. The use of the process is complicated by the idea that Internet of Things technology makes lifestyle and device manipulation simple.
To this end, some international organizations, including “oneM2Mâ€, are working to promote the standardization process of the Internet of Things, but it is still very difficult to see this task. This year's World Mobile Communications Conference is expected to explore this issue in greater depth.
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