What is 5G?

5G is one of the most important technological milestones of our age, which, in addition to enhancing the abilities of telecommunications services dramatically, facilitates the development of completely new services and business models. It will bring about amazingly unique changes soon to be reflected in transportation, industry, agriculture, health care, energy industry, emergency management, entertainment and the media.

Daily applications of 5G

The first immediately tangible advantage of 5G is its wide bandwidth, i.e. it will give you an unbelievably fast mobile Internet access. This, in turn, will lead to the emergence of services and applications that need such high speed. Examples include 360° 4K/8K resolution videos, on-line streaming, and VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) computer games. 5G offers new perspectives, increased security and innovative solutions in medicine, transportation, urban management, industry, sports and entertainment.

5G in Hungary

5G has arrived and is here to stay. Thanks to 5G devices and equipment, remarkable evolutionary network development is currently under way in Hungary, as a result of which all service providers will be able to offer 5G technology this year. Mobile phones capable of using this technology will also hit the market in rapid succession. There is an even pace of 5G development in Europe, and Hungary is committed to the fastest possible adoption of this technology.

5G: health and environment

In the opinion of the World Health Organisation (WHO) based on scientific research and observation on-going for decades, electromagnetic fields, if kept under the threshold established by international bodies, do not pose any health risk. Stringent allowable limits complying with EU standards apply in Hungary. Electromagnetic radiation has been regularly measured in the vicinity of childcare institutions, condominiums, public roads and mobile phone masts in Hungary for 25 years, i.e. since the introduction of mobile phones. No overstepping the threshold levels has been identified anywhere during the annual average of four hundred measurements. Nor has one instance been identified in the case of the 5G mobile phone masts commissioned in Budapest, Zalaegerszeg and Győr either.

Future with 5G

New applications will provide smart services making our lives simpler, safer, snugger and more predictable. Communication based on faster technologies will save quality time, which will improve people’s well-being.