At the OPPO INNO Day Conference 2019, OPPO and the market research institution IHS Markit jointly released the first white paper on interconnection of everything.
The report believes that the update opportunities in the 5G era will be the intelligent integration of AI, cloud, edge computing and IoT, and the new intelligent integration ecosystem will be able to bring broader market and industry opportunities.
According to the white paper, 2019 has witnessed the first wave of standards-based 5G commercial releases. As of October 2019, 50 operators have launched 3GPP-compliant 5G commercial services in 27 countries. In addition, 328 operators in 109 countries are investing in 5G.
The white paper also analyzes the current status of 5G deployments in various countries around the world. Among them, China and South Korea have deployed more than 10,000 5G NR / gNB (base stations) on a large scale.
There are already hundreds of small-scale tactical deployments of 5G NR / GNB in Australia, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. In China, 5G and its applications are about to usher in a large-scale explosion.
5G differs from previous generations of cellular technology in that it was designed from the beginning to address many different technical requirements, device form factors, applications and audiences.
According to the analysis of the white paper, with the development of artificial intelligence, cloud and edge, interconnection (including 5G) and the Internet of Things, they will realize intelligent integration in the 5G era, which will truly bring value to enterprises and consumers. This value may mean reducing operating costs, gaining new revenue streams, or enhancing the customer experience.
Taking artificial intelligence as an example, artificial intelligence is still in its infancy: it has just entered the so-called "narrow sense" or "weak" artificial intelligence. With the application of 5G, edge computing and cloud computing will provide more solutions and assistance for artificial intelligence.
Many practical applications and use cases will evolve into hybrid cloud edge methods to achieve strong artificial intelligence.
The white paper believes that when 5G, AI, cloud computing, and edge computing achieve intelligent integration, enterprises or organizations will need more complex business processing capabilities. At the same time, there is a need for firmness and openness to collaborate with partners to add new features to their respective solutions.
In fact, the development of the 5G device ecosystem has become the main direction of strength in various fields. According to the report, as of mid-November 2019, a total of 72 suppliers worldwide announced the launch of 183 5G devices, including smartphones, indoor and outdoor CPE, robots, drones, etc. More than 40 of them have been put into commercial use.
The white paper predicts that by 2023, about a quarter of the world's 1.7 billion mobile phones will integrate 5G. Smartphones will increasingly have artificial intelligence capabilities: IHS Markit predicts that by 2025, two-thirds of smartphones will be pre-installed with artificial intelligence hardware and features.
Digital assistants in the form of smart speakers will also flourish. Three years later, the global installed base of smart speakers will increase from more than 100 million units this year to more than 800 million units.
AI will also be increasingly integrated into consumer entertainment devices. For example, an artificial intelligence-enabled camera, combined with a smart TV or streaming box, will use face recognition to activate personal viewing preferences and suggestions. AI will also be able to identify key moments, such as scoring a goal in a recorded sports show.
At the game level, cloud games and VR / AR will also usher in new opportunities. Cloud gaming can significantly reduce the consumer's hardware threshold, enjoy high-experience games on smaller devices anytime, anywhere, and reduce delays, further stimulating the overall development of VR / AR games. The white paper states that as early as 2018, the global value of this market exceeded $ 100 billion.
Also. Video surveillance, autonomous driving, and industrial automation all contain a lot of scenarios and opportunities for the integration of everything.
But according to the white paper, smartphones will still play an important role in consumer life despite new devices. Mobile phones are not only the most important terminal devices for consumers. In the 5G era, mobile phones can also serve as gateways for wearable devices such as smart watches and health monitors, as controllers / receivers, and as data and video displays for other devices.
With the development of 5G, these evolving technologies will cooperate with each other to create new immersive experiences for consumers, solve challenges and create opportunities for enterprises and industries, and ultimately achieve intelligent integration.
