5G: Contoh potensi 5G di negara ASEAN
Ini adalah waktu yang sangat penting bagi industri telekomunikasi ASEAN dengan momentum yang berkembang di belakang 5G. Saat ini, 5G tersedia secara komersial di beberapa negara ASEAN, termasuk Singapura, Thailand, Filipina, dan Malaysia. Terlebih lagi, adopsi berkembang dengan koneksi 5G yang diprediksi mencapai 430 juta pada tahun 2025 di seluruh wilayah Asia-Pasifik yang lebih luas.
Peluang bagi Communication Service Provider (CSP) dan bisnis lainnya sangat besar. Bandwidth tinggi, latensi rendah, dan skala besar yang dimungkinkan oleh 5G membuka kemungkinan baru di berbagai bidang seperti manufaktur, perawatan kesehatan, dan transportasi.
Tentu saja mewujudkan peluang ini membutuhkan kerja keras. Inilah sebabnya mengapa percakapan baru-baru ini tentang 5G telah bergeser dari peluncuran jaringan ke model monetisasi dan pengalaman pengguna. Di sini, kita akan menyoroti diskusi ini dan ke mana arah 5G.
Adopsi 5G didorong oleh kebutuhan bisnis daripada kecepatan
5G berpotensi hingga 100 kali lebih cepat dari pendahulunya, 4G/LTE. Namun, kecepatan saja tidak cukup untuk mendorong adopsi secara luas.
Manoj Prasanna Kumar, Head, Technology, Enterprise 5G & IOT di Singtel, mengatakan bisnis akan mengadopsi 5G karena alasan yang sama mereka mengadopsi sebagian besar teknologi — untuk memecahkan tantangan tertentu.
“Bisnis tidak akan meningkatkan ke 5G hanya untuk jaringan yang lebih cepat. Itu sebabnya setiap diskusi dengan pelanggan harus dimulai dengan tantangan yang mereka coba selesaikan, ”kata Manoj.
Ini adalah aplikasi yang dihasilkan yang akan mendorong kebutuhan akan 5G. Drone adalah contoh yang bagus. Mereka semakin populer di area seperti manajemen fasilitas, sering digunakan untuk memeriksa area yang sulit dijangkau dan melakukan perawatan. Untuk mengoperasikan drone dengan aman, transfer informasi antara perangkat dan operator harus sedekat mungkin dengan waktu nyata. Di sinilah muncul kebutuhan akan kecepatan tinggi, latensi rendah, dan keandalan 5G.
MEC memperluas kemungkinan untuk 5G dan aplikasi mission-critical
Saat bisnis ingin memanfaatkan potensi penuh 5G, mereka perlu mengoptimalkan aspek lain dari infrastruktur mereka. Misalnya, mereka yang ingin menggunakan drone dan aplikasi penting lainnya mungkin perlu mengubah arsitektur jaringan mereka dan mengadopsi multi-access edge computing (MEC).
MEC menyediakan kemampuan cloud-computing yang memungkinkan data diproses sedekat mungkin dengan sumbernya. Ini pada akhirnya mengurangi latensi dan mempercepat pemrosesan data, yang keduanya penting untuk aplikasi seperti drone dan autonomous vehicle.
“What customers are most concerned about is scaling and securing their applications while knowing that their infrastructure and connectivity will not be an issue,” said Manoj.
“What the market then needs is seamless infrastructure that extends from the customers’ edge to the cloud and can be accessed through any means of connectivity. This will provide a bedrock on which customers can confidently run their mission-critical applications.”
5G monetisation will require service providers to rethink business models
5G is still relatively new and CSPs are forming plans to monetise their 5G investments. Manoj suggests partnerships and revenue sharing will be key.
“5G is not just about a higher order of connectivity. It represents a new global economy. I say this because as customers adopt 5G, they are looking forward to new business models from CSPs like pay-for-use and revenue sharing. They want to ensure that CSPs have skin in the game to solve the business challenges they are trying to solve," said Manoj.
On a more practical level, CSPs need to modernise their business support systems (BSS) for 5G. A recent survey from Nokia indicated that only 11% of CSPs who responded had sufficient BSS capabilities to support 5G monetisation.
There is a need for CSPs to extend and revamp their BSS and IT stacks to enable rapid launch of new 5G offers and support new charging models. It is also important for BSS to support the growth of solution partnerships and ecosystems to deliver new digital customer experiences.
That’s why Salesforce and Nokia have partnered to provide CSPs with the capabilities they need to launch and monetise 5G services faster. This offering builds on Salesforce’s Communications Cloud with integrated solutions from Nokia for service orchestration and monetisation, leveraging Nokia’s Digital Operations Center and Converged Charging platforms.
“CSPs need to invest in systems that will give them the flexibility to charge customers based on different parameters. At the same time, there is a whole new ecosystem of developers creating apps and pre-integrated solutions CSPs should be tapping into. Through our partnership with Salesforce, we are helping CSPs capture every revenue opportunity from the 5G economy,” said Gustavo Duarte, Global Vice President, Presales and GTM Business Applications, at Nokia CNS.
How 5G drives new use cases
In terms of industry verticals, 5G will drive new use cases and applications, and promising verticals include Industry 4.0. These encompass factory floors, logistics, warehouses, smart city, and public safety use cases. From a horizontal perspective, video analytics, and AR/VR and Metaverse are areas where 5G capabilities are key to driving adoption. For example, on the factory floor, customers are exploring how video analytics can be used to detect faulty products as they emerge from the assembly line.
Singtel’s Manoj also sees many use cases when video cameras become mobile, for example when mounted on automated guided vehicles (AGVs). “A typical AGV has about 8-10 cameras to offer 360 degree views to the pilot or the driver, likewise drones, robots which carry cameras...This is a key use case that may require low latency communications to back-end systems and video recording systems.”
Manoj also sees strong potential in virtual reality and mixed reality use cases, including Metaverse use cases. “The enterprises we are speaking to are exploring how they can use Metaverse in their day to day operations,” said Manoj. As more rich and immersive content requiring low latency and edge computing resources are developed, the demand for 5G and MEC will increase.
In summary, there is a huge potential for 5G across a wide range of use cases in Asia. 5G leaders such as Singtel are taking great strides in making these leading edge 5G applications a reality. At the same time, Salesforce and Nokia are enabling CSPs to deliver new customer experiences, and offering new charging and monetisation models that are integral to unlocking the potential for 5G.
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