Fast and stable Internet connections change the way people operate at home and at work, and brings with them many great benefits.<\/p>\n
This is according to Siatik CEO Brett StClair, who was speaking about digital disruption at the 2018 MyBroadband Fibre Connection at The Venue in Melrose Arch.<\/p>\n
StClair said the average home is changing, with Wi-Fi and mobile Internet access becoming a cornerstone of the modern home.<\/p>\n
This pervasive Internet access means that people are moving away from traditional entertainment and business platforms.<\/p>\n
Traditional broadcasting TV is replaced by streaming services like Netflix and Showmax, messaging has become the preferred communication method, and connected home assistants are growing in popularity.<\/p>\n
This is only the start, however, with the next phase of connected devices set to disrupt transportation and the way we communicate.<\/p>\n
Self-driving cars, online bots which can help with everyday tasks like homework and scheduling appoints, and advanced AI services are just around the corner.<\/p>\n
Generally referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, there are great advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, blockchain, nanotechnology, quantum computing, and biotechnology taking place.<\/p>\n
The Internet of Things, 3D printing, and autonomous vehicles are already used in many cities around the world, and to support these advances high-speed mobile and fixed-line networks with low latency are essential.<\/p>\n
MTN is one of the companies which is investing billions into its network to make sure South Africa is ready for the fourth industrial revolution.<\/p>\n
Over the past three years, it has invested over R30 billion into its network, and its network rollout in 2017 was the largest in South Africa\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
MTN now has a 3G population coverage figure of 98%, and 4G population coverage of 83%.<\/p>\n
To further drive innovation in the network space, MTN also partnered with Huawei to conduct the first 5G outdoor trial in Africa.<\/p>\n
As part of the 5G trial, MTN reached download speeds of 530Mbps and upload speeds of 79Mbps – along with a latency of 7ms.<\/p>\n
5G is one of the cornerstones of the fourth industrial revolution, and MTN is ensuring that South Africa is not left behind in this regard.<\/p>\n
Faster Internet connections are changing the way people do things and bring with them many benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":253823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-258107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-mtn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258113,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258107\/revisions\/258113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}