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The cloud is not at all a newer concept. Its origin lies with ARPANET. With 5G coming into the market, cloud computing will strongly influence the mobile operators globally, with, it's virtualized architecture.
Fremont, CA: With the advent of technology, Cloud has touched almost every aspect of human life and has entirely changed the way data is managed, used, and distributed. The cloud is not at all a newer concept, as it seems. Its origin lies with ARPANET, the technical base for the modern network. It evolved over time and companies like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon took it to the new heights.
The cloud has empowered IT across the board with the help of a software giant from Silicon Valley. According to Gartner's predictions, cc spending could reach as much as $3.7 trillion by the end of 2019. Let's look into the new chapter in the evolution of cloud computing.
5G - The New Chapter
It has become easier for the data to navigate over wireless networks with an increase in the use of mobile devices. With 5G coming into the market, cloud computing will strongly influence the mobile operators globally, with its virtualized architecture. Telecom operators are bolstering investments on infrastructure and 5G cloud will play a major role in that investment decision. 5G requires a software-defined and hyper-converged network from the radio to the core and all the way up to the cloud.
According to a data released by Analysis Mason, CapEx for mobile operators is expected to exceed $180 billion by 2025. This rise is quite steep and operators must break even quickly to monetize 5G. But the fear of the rejection by the consumers to the price rise is compelling operators to follow new use cases that depend on the cloud to recoup investment costs. Some of them are:
Healthcare
5G has a remarkable impact on consumer healthcare. It is one such sector which is required even at the remotest places of the world. 5G ensures that healthcare is truly available to anyone, anywhere there is a wireless signal just by accessing a wireless device. Besides that, it also brings down the cost and improves the quality of care.
Smart homes
There are number of such technophiles who love to design their houses with technology and make them safer, more interactive, and more intuitive. In the U.S. alone, these technophiles are expected to spend more than $400 billion in 2019 on smart devices for the home. 5G network will outshine the way smart devices like kitchen appliances, health monitors, climate control systems, cameras, speakers, and millions of devices work presently.
Driverless Automobiles
Relying on the recent surveys, customers either impatiently expect or are bothered over autonomous vehicles (AVs). But the truth is that, as 5G networks grow, roadways will become more congested, and environmental issues will continue building. These two reasons alone will possibly drive consumers — and the industry — to triumph over initial emotional reactions to AVs, ushering in prospects for mobile operators to recoup their 5G network investments.
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)
Presently, customers seem to feel unenthusiastic about these technologies; however, that is likely to change as devices drop down in price. Retailers are including both AR and Virtual Reality to revitalize consumer spending, and 5G networks should help bring speed and latency requirements that will increase consumer spending to support VR/AR spending for gaming and similar applications.
Life with Cloud
Earlier, the telecom operators ensured reliability to the extent of minimum annoyance and less dropped calls. But with 5G coming in, guarantying just reliability is not enough as the life of a person entirely depends on the signals of the cloud for e.g. as in road safety, remote surgical operation, etc. Hence the possibilities of the cloud are endless as these use cases demonstrate.
Thanks to a technology born in the '60s that has changed the way industry works and revolutionized them. 5G has initiated the next evolutionary step for the cloud. But this time, it is the mobile operators who can shape the horizon of cloud and harness its full potential.
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