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By: Kenneth Pugh5G or the fifth generation of mobile phone technologies will increase the speed of our connections, minimize latency (web response time) and exponentially multiply the number of connected devices. In simple words, we will be connected to everything, all day long, and in the shortest possible time, for example, with home automation or "smart home" technologies that allow us to be connected to all household devices such as cameras, washing machines, refrigerators, etc. among others, such as buildings, traffic lights, cars, etc. in cities or "smart cities" and also in all industrial sectors, because advanced automation is enabled.
A few weeks ago in La Moneda, President Sebastián Piñera began the deployment of 5G technology in Chile, which will allow massive and higher quality coverage, taking a great leap forward in equalizing opportunities and closing the digital divide that exists in our country.
It is expected in a year and a half to achieve nationwide coverage, and this is thanks to the way in which Chile did things, because here there was a public tender in which the companies were awarded part of the spectrum in blocks for the development of this new technology, which must also offer the best prices for users. This makes us pioneers in Latin America by being the first to offer spectrum with national coverage for this network, in various frequencies, including the highest that are currently operated.
At this time, there are already several companies in the Metropolitan Region that are offering these services at no additional cost to their clients and many universities are testing this new technology in their laboratories, thanks to nanocells installed in their laboratories.
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Among the benefits of 5G is not only being able to connect faster to watch Netflix or download a large file, but it will allow us to automate tasks and functions that humans used to do and that machines can now do. In mining we will have more and more trucks and other machinery managed remotely, taking advantage of the higher connection speed, and it will allow better functioning in autonomous cars or in any vehicle that has an Internet connection, since this real-time information delivered from faster way will help, for example, to know the state of the roads, if there is an accident or atmospheric variable. The data will provide better decisions for drivers, reducing accidents. But for this to happen, it is necessary to treat all this data intelligently and that is where the most valuable resource comes in; digital talent, to develop industrial solutions with the support of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
With the arrival of this high-speed network in regions, we want to leave behind those images that went around the country of students and teachers on top of the hills, trees or roofs of their houses looking for an Internet signal to connect to their virtual classes. But we also want new ecosystems of knowledge and innovation to be created and that solutions and products can be generated from regions based on the development of capacities that are created with State and private resources, such as, for example, the Corfo contest to establish a 5G and AI-based solutions center for industrial sectors.
It should be noted that in the latest global measurement, Chile has the second fastest Internet connection in the world, only being surpassed by Singapore, thanks to the progress we have made in the deployment of fiber optics, essential for the deployment of 5G. Our country will also be at the forefront in the southern hemisphere because of this, and we will be able to connect all our communes, including the Pacific islands and the Chilean Antarctic territory, if we roll out projects with a State vision as is being done by Desarrollo País, the company strategic infrastructure state.
Although this new technology of wireless communications and artificial intelligence will bring prosperity, improve people's quality of life and allow substantial progress in digital inclusion, it must be accompanied by proper information security and the security of critical infrastructure. information, which must be legally protected, with people's awareness so that they are aware of the risks of being more connected to the Internet and thus strengthen a new culture of digital trust. To achieve this, two projects related to computer security that are part of the great national cybersecurity system are being processed in the national congress: the new law on computer crimes and the new law on personal data.
Chile is positioned as a digital benchmark in the region thanks to the new capabilities that are being deployed with 5G and the emerging national digital talents, which will make the most of it for the benefit of the citizens of this Digital Republic.