Extract from Wales Assembly debate on the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee report on its Inquiry: Mobile Action Plan Update - Mar 20
Thursday, 21 March 2019 08:21
Jack Sargeant AM:...Llywydd, six countries are already adopting 5G
technology, and they include the United States, Japan and China,
just to name a few. Now, I spoke about automation and 5G in a
statement last year, but I want to take a slightly different
approach today, and I want to focus on the impact 5G can have and
two things in particular: autonomous vehicles and remote
healthcare. Now 5G networks can respond fast enough to co-ordinate
self-driving cars, either with cars...Request free trial
Jack Sargeant AM:...Llywydd,
six countries are already adopting 5G technology, and they
include the United States, Japan and China, just to name a few.
Now, I spoke about automation and 5G in a statement last year,
but I want to take a slightly different approach today, and I
want to focus on the impact 5G can have and two things in
particular: autonomous vehicles and remote healthcare. Now 5G
networks can respond fast enough to co-ordinate self-driving
cars, either with cars talking to a central controller at a road
intersection, or communicating directly with each other. We
sometimes think that this type of technology is years away, and
miles away from being a reality, but, actually, we're already
seeing companies make Tesla make huge strides in this market.
Other companies and experts are already discussing how 5G
technology could lead to no traffic lights in the streets—there
are cars that are crossing, but they're not bumping into each
other. Once all cars have sensors and cameras, they could also
capture continuous video footage. Now, if there's an unfortunate
accident you'll be able to view video from all angles, not just
from the cars involved, but from cars all in the same area at the
same time...
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