For five days, two face-to-face and three virtual, the city of Seville will become the epicenter of 5G technology with the celebration of the event ‘5G Forum’. Leaders of the sector from all over the world will meet, between May 8 and 12 at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos (Fibes), around the presentation and configuration of the new 5G map of Spain.
At this year’s event, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation will address such highlights such as the new private networks, the readjustment of frequencies due to the Orange-MásMóvil merger and government aid for 5G.
80% of the 5G network in Spain works with DSS technology, something that encourages many mobile operators to include this type of connection in their rates. However, it is estimated that It will be in 2025 when all users in the national territory, except for populations with less than 20,000 inhabitants, can enjoy 5G. Together with Telefónica, other operators such as Orange and Vodafone will be obliged to implement it in 52% of the territory.
To this end, in recent years they have agreed financial aid, the last of 450 million euros with the objective that 75% of the Spanish population can enjoy higher connection speeds and lower latency from 2023. In the annual study of ‘The State of 5G’it is revealed that 5G is present in 2,497 cities in 92 countries, with Spain occupying the seventh position ahead of India, Japan, Germany, France and Italy.
The celebration of the ‘5G Forum’ supposes the confluence, in a specific and multidisciplinary event, of companies and professionals from Spain, the United States, China and the European Union, carrying out a first level networking. It will also be marked by the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC)which will take place in November in the United Arab Emirates and which will establish the guidelines for the coming decades.
The keys to the sixth edition
The opening of the sessions of the ‘5G Forum’ will be carried out by the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures, while the breakdown of the ‘Map of 5G in Spain’ will be borne by Antonio Fernandez-PaniaguaGeneral Deputy Director of Planning and Management of the Radioelectric Spectrum.
At the beginning of the year, the Council of Ministers announced the approval of a royal decree for which he would allocate part of the 26GHz frequency band, allocating the qualifying titles to private networks on a self-provision basis and using private 5G networks to industries or ports. In this way, a part of it will be awarded without bidding. These millimeter waves, along with 3.5 GHz and 700 MHz are key to 5G.
Emphasis will be placed on aid programs ‘Unique 5G’ summoned by the Ministry for its implementation and deployment, with aid for an amount of €60 million. The testing and validation of applications in areas such as tourism, security and the connected vehicle will also be covered.
The forecasts are that the numbers of the last edition will be exceeded, where 837 professionals from more than 250 companies participated, accounting for 65 speakers, 20% of whom were women.
The ‘5G Forum 2023’ is organized by Medina Media Events and promoted by Sevilla City Office and Fibes, with the support of the Junta de Andalucía, Agencia Digital de Andalucía, Orange, Telefónica, Viavi Solutions, Ericsson, Capgemini, Rohde & Schwarz, Minsait, Netmetrix, OFG, ZTE, Huawei, Vantage Towers , Vodafone, Nokia, Gsertel, Hispasat, Axión and Impulsa Visión RTVE, among others.
All the conferences of the ‘5G Forum’ are available on the particular Netflix of the New Technologies of the event.
The merger of Orange and MásMóvil
The appointment arrives with the motto ‘Where 5G leaders meet’The announcement that will have a direct impact on the 5G situation in Spain is something of particular concern to managers. However, it is at the expense of approval by the European Commission.
exclusive demos
The zone dedicated to demonstrations will allow the advances of companies such as Nokia. The Finn will present a pinball game that can be practiced with distributed reality and will perform a demonstration called ‘The volcano’, which will allow attendees to walk on an erupting volcano thanks to virtual reality (VR) technology. You can also see the dog-robot ‘Perkins’designed for surveillance and first aid.
Orange will announce his shop in the metaverse, where attendees can create their own avatar and make purchases. It will enable a tennis court to play in real time thanks to 5G and VR glasses. Tesla will allow attendees prove smart cars in a closed circuit minsait will present his robotic arm with 5G connection and telephone an amazing chroma called ‘Spainclick’.
the german Rohde & Schwarz will present its platform ‘R&S®CMX500’which brings efficiency to the 5G testing process. Viavi Solutions exposes an analysis of 5G signals, with interference, mmWave and EMF tests, while the UHD Spain Association will expose contents in Ultra High Definition issued by 5G. The organizer of the event itself, Medina Media Events, will present its multiplatform ‘The observatory’.
The American VIAVI Solutions will explain the progress in safe electromagnetic radiations in 5G, which are now being discussed by various regulatory agencies in Europe. It will also be possible to enjoy the incipient technology of the Chinese companies Huawei, which will speak of the term 5.5G and the evolution of 6G through its expert in 5G Solution Architecture, Miguel Barrosoand the company ZTE.
The value of 6G
The researcher and professor at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and Director of the Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM), Narcis Cardonaand the member of the Governing Board of 6G-IA and Director of R&D Programs and Projects with Companies of the Telecommunications Technology Center of Catalonia (CTTC), Carles Anton-Harothey will present the key strategies for the development of 6G and the vision of the companies.
