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Odenhammer notes that sitting down with factory managers, talking through existing pain points, and then proposing ways to integrate 5G into their operations is the key. “If you go in with a technologyfirst approach, it's easy to say '5G is great. It's going to give you reduced latency here and here and extra gigabytes on that', which doesn't mean anything for a factory manager working for an enterprise customer. They need to know how 5G will help them run an effective warehouse or factory.” Building a better Britain Reflecting on the current state of 5G in the UK, Odenhammar seems fairly positive. He notes that the UK was one of the first countries in Europe to make the 3.5GHz spectrum available, that all four of the country's operators have launched 5G, and highlights the fact that the UK government is sponsoring a lot of initiatives like Digital Catapult and Connected Britain that are aimed at spurring on the rollout. However, he stresses the importance of moving ahead as soon as possible with the auction of more of the country’s 5G spectrum, emphasising that, “It's hugely important that the next auction goes ahead in order to enable the operators to expand. Each of them now has about 40-50MHz available today. In order to provide the capacity and speeds that 5G has the potential to deliver, they need that additional spectrum.” “I think the UK is in a good position, but things need to speed up if the country wants to really utilise the benefits that 5G can bring to the economy. It's one of the keys to building a better Britain, and we should take that opportunity.” mobile-magazine.com
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