As part of an ongoing 5G trial in India, Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) and Ericsson has partnered to showcase how 5G technology can help revolutionize the health sector in India by allowing access to health care in remote parts of the country.
The 5G trial network is governed by Vodafone (VI) in the Mid 3.5 GHz band allocated and 26 GHz Mmwave in Pune, spreading Ericsson radio and double Ericsson Core Fashion based on original cloud technology consisting of 5G SA, 5G NSA & LTE Packet Core Function.
Based on high speed, low latency and 5G reliability, a doctor located in an urban center can actually make ultrasound scanning in patients who are in a remote rural location.
It is being tried by Vodafone using 5G Ericsson infrastructure.
“VI has developed a 5G ready network built on the fastest VI Giganet network in India which is verified by Ookla.
With our 5G trial now, we use the power of 5G to provide access to health to remote parts of the country, among various other uses.
Cases for companies And consumers.
Speed ​​and latency are very important for 5G services, and therefore, our focus has reached throughput that can effectively allow the relevant 5G use cases for digital India tomorrow, “said Jagbir Singh, CTO, Vodafone-ideas.
As part of an ongoing demonstration, VI and Ericsson also showed enhanced cellular broadband applications and wireless access applications (FWA) which remained with 5G.
“Enhanced cellular broadband and wireless access is still expected to be an initial use case for 5G.
In India.
Over time, we expect more cases related to companies to emerge using 5G benefits in sectors such as health care, manufacturing, education, etc.
The flexible double mode core set by Ericsson with VI in Pune is helping the company utilize the network to use cases of use such as remote video monitoring, telemedicine, digital twin, AR / VR etc.
During the ongoing trial.
“Union Amarjeet Singh , Vice President, Ericsson.
The 5G Ericsson business compass report estimates that the total 5G-capable B2B opportunity for Indian operators, in 10 industries, will be $ 17 billion in 2030.
The top industry is expected to utilize 5G to digitize them including health services, manufacturing, energy and utilities, automotive security and public.