Mexico. The fifth generation of communications, known as 5G, will be the best option to boost business processes during the coming years in Latin America, improving from the shopping experiences of users to the automation of the business, government and social sectors.
Ren Zhengfei, Founder and CEO of Huawei, spoke about the challenges in the region in recent days during a round table for Latin American and Spanish media, and emphasized the importance of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence to boost local markets.
Ren detailed what 5G technology will offer humanity in the next decade. One of the most important examples, he said, is the development of the field in Latin American countries, where the successful implementation of 5G technology could serve to support Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and Augmented Reality and thus launch autonomous farms and port terminals with remote control. This will result in the export of animal and plant products from the region with optimum quality and efficiency, thus improving Latin America's trade with the whole world.
The CEO of Huawei emphasized how today the development of the region is not intrinsically related to geographical location, since telecommunications networks, including 5G technology, are being developed simultaneously around the world, which in the near future will increase the speed in the exchange of information.
"The successful deployment of the 5G network will allow all countries in the region to have access to cutting-edge technology with the aim of increasing levels of competitiveness to reach the maximum potential of Latin America in the coming years," Ren said.
Some of the advantages of the correct implementation of the 5G network in Latin America will be based on the ability to offer standard speeds of 20 Gbps per second, greater battery savings in the devices, and having more devices connected at the same time without slowing down the technological infrastructure.
Today, Mexico is the center of Huawei's technology, support and production in Latin America, and will also be the future regional center of new operations for the company. At the moment, Huawei has opened the Huawei Academy for ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in collaboration with more than ten universities in the country, also through programs such as "Seeds for the Future". In addition, in the last ten years, Huawei has trained more than ten thousand professionals and has supported the deployment of programs whose goal is to connect more Mexicans, who will still benefit from 4G networks in Mexico.
Ren said that he is sure that the increase in the use of applications based on Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things or Augmented Reality will significantly improve the productivity of industrial plants, so highly trained professionals will be needed to operate these new technologies.
Undoubtedly, new technologies are rapidly narrowing the gap between countries in terms of level of development. For the CEO of Huawei, and hand in hand with the new advances, it will be vital to bet heavily on professional training so that future talents are up to the needs in a new society considerably more automated.
"Huawei is developing innovative technologies, which seek to boost social and industrial development to help more people overcome poverty throughout Latin America," said Huawei's CEO.
