Utilising 5G to better our everyday life

PEOPLE are waking up and examining how technologies - including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, Internet of things (IoT) - will best and most securely connect them with the people and things that matter most.

At Singapore's TechInnovation summit this week, I specifically questioned how 5G's optimisation of the physical world will change our everyday life.

We know that 5G is a more efficient technology. The available data speeds are faster, there is more space to share bandwidth in a crowded city and it uses less energy. Everything can be easily accessed with the tap of a finger, with no lags and no delays. To give some real-life examples, for hospitals it will mean better, faster treatment for patients, while for gamers, it will mean the difference between virtual life and death. In both instances, fewer lags will mean more instant response rates throughout.