Costa Rica Moves Forward by Betting On 5G Technology


(MENAFN- The Costa Rica News) The 4th Industrial Revolution is a phenomenon around the world and Costa Rica does not shy away from it. That is why the country is currently betting on the implementation of 5G technologythat will bring great benefits for its connectivity, productivity, competitiveness and socio-economic development that will enhance the sustainability of the nation.


Regarding this technology, the Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica, Luis Adrián Salazar said: 'The administration of President Carlos Alvarado Quesada, has entrusted us to consolidate a digital transformation strategy, which identifies the initiatives and the disruptive technological proposals that allow creating a national digital ecosystemthat enables greater equity of opportunities and benefits for citizens, businesses and the Costa Rican State ".

Salazar also commented 'The Digital Transformation Strategy for 'Costa Rican Bicentennial 4.0″ has six strategic axes: "Pura Vida Digital", "Digital Government", "Business Transformation 4.0", "Innovative Society", "Good Governance" and "Connected Costa Rica". All this to be leaders in Central America in the area and projected as an innovative and avant-garde country. That is why the operators "Claro" and "Kölbi" announced the start of 5G technology technical tests for this year in the country. Related to this issue, Minister Salazar said: "in the last 10 years in the Costa Ricantelecommunications market , maturity has been achieved to have adequate conditions of competition and a productive climate that favors the economic growth of companies'.

Importance of 5G technology for Costa Rica.



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One of the benefits of implementing 5G
mobile technologies is its high speed for downloading digital files, from
documents to movies and new services such as virtual reality and the 'Internet
of Things' (IoT). Also the Deputy Minister of Telecommunications, Edwin Estrada
explains: 'This technology will help all sectors of the economy to enter the
Fourth Industrial Revolution. It will also provide sufficient robustness to
create and strengthen smart cities, the Internet of things, the applications
that are needed and that technology is made more available to all citizens.'

He also affirms 'As Costa Rica sets up
the network; it will give greater possibilities for the country to become more
competitive, achieving more opportunities for development and thus improving
the living conditions in our nation.'

It is important to highlight that for
the implementation of this technology, the government must work homogeneously
to involve all its ministries and also all the financial sectors of the country,
both public and private, to consolidate the "smart cities" project.
"The fourth industrial revolution involves the automation of various
processes and systems, also, it would be an essential factor for the generation
of research and knowledge, seeking solutions for certain problems, using the
platform characteristics of the new network,' said Vice Minister Estrada.

Benefits of 5G technology.



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According to experts in the field, with
5G technologies, your phone will have a faster connection: it will be about 10
times faster than 4G, that is, you can stream an 8K video or download a 3D
movie in 30 seconds. But this technology will not only impact your cell phone
it will help everything to be interconnected, causing the delay time between
devices and servers with which people communicate to be reduced to almost zero.

It is important to know that 5G
technology needs to travel in very high-frequency radio waves. These higher
frequencies have faster and wider band speeds. But they have the disadvantage
that they cannot travel through walls, windows or roofs, and they become
considerably weaker over long distances. That is why to implement, it will be
necessary to install thousands - or perhaps millions - of miniature cell towers
above each lamppost, next to the buildings, inside each home and potentially in
each room for this technology to function in all its splendor.

The implementation of this technology in Costa Rica will be an ambitious endeavor that requires very large investments, but that undoubtedly will bring countless benefits for the country and all its citizens.


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