TELECOMS & SUSTAINABILITY
An intro to the Industrial 5G Accelerator with Digital Catapult and Ericsson
“The pandemic pushed the fast forward button on the future of work , giving us a decade ’ s worth of progress in a year ’ s time . And it ’ s clear that work will never be the same ”
MIKE SIEVERT CEO , T-MOBILE
The pandemic – among other things – threw into stark relief issues of internet inequality between urban and affluent areas and rural or otherwise marginalised communities . Malcolm Johnson , Deputy Secretary General of the ITU – the United Nations ’ agency responsible for all its dealings with the telecommunications sector – explained to us back in January that during the pandemic , “ Overall , telecommunication networks exhibited consistent resilience … despite huge increases in traffic … Ultra-broadband technologies such as fibre to-the-home were better able to respond to spikes in broadband traffic . So , countries with large deployments of ultra-broadband have exhibited less slowdown in latency and download speed .” However , he continued , “ it became clear that the digital divide is a critical barrier for many . Populations unserved or partially served by
52 May 2021