4G the problem.. 5G the solution

Technology capability, Speed, Capacity, Mobile data transfer and High speed distributed processing : These are the 5 critical differentiators that give an edge to 5G over 4G for business cases in any domain.

5G is going to be a boon especially for developing countries like India, densely populated geographies, cities and towns. It could be serve as a big game changer in many sectors like media, entertainment, e-commerce but significantly in the domain of Healthcare. It could disrupt healthcare service industry in a bigger way than we have seen before.
Here is my take :

4G networks struggle to handle multiple devices connecting in the same location, such as at busy concerts or sports events and more importantly in densely populated residential areas. This is a critical problem, especially in densely populated developing countries India.
5G solves this problem by providing high-precision transmissions to each individual device, which allows it to handle up to 1 million devices in a square kilometer. That precision is crucial as mobile device usage continues to increase exponentially.
5G technology offers a massive step forward in terms of mobile technology capabilities. Current 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology can only use lower frequency bands, which operate up to 6 GHz. However, 5G’s radio bands are able to handle between 30 GHz and 300 GHz. This high frequency enables 5G to offer significant speed increases, support huge data transfers, and free up bandwidth.

5G hopes to be a huge game changer, especially for countries like India, where mobile is a major means to access internet. Also, 5G promises to be significant in terms of “Technology Innovation”, for Healthcare industry with the mobile devices, IoT, connected devices, Telehealth and much more.
5G enables more people to use networks. It meets the demand for increased usage of not just social media, online gaming, and video streaming, but also for real time data intensive healthcare needs like remote surgeries and telehealth consultations through video streaming. It also enables crucial data-intensive use cases in the healthcare and industrial sectors, such as ambulance teams streaming an incident response directly to a hospital.

Over years, technology implementation in Healthcare, pharmaceutical and Clinical Development domains lagged over other domains ( like Finance or media ). Covid lockdown provided the first big disruption that forced the healthcare industry to adopt technology in big way and we took a leap of over 10 years in a short span of 2 years !

5G technology may accelerate the speed further and make healthcare services more accessible, affordable and efficient. 5G technology is poised to bring a new revolution to healthcare sector, especially in India. It could also prove to be a true case of “Technology for Social Impact”, making healthcare accessible efficiently to remote underdeveloped areas and rural communities.