Arrival of 4th Generation Wireless Technology and its effects on daily lives.Overall Effects- Industry, Social Activities and Mobile Communications  

Arrival of 4th Generation Wireless Technology and its effects on

daily lives.Overall Effects- Industry, Social Activities and
Mobile Communications

Overall Effects- Industry, Social Activities and Mobile
Communications

The 4th Generation (4G) mobile communications systems are
projected to be carried out around 2010. World Over the research
on 4G (Fourth Generation) Mobile Communications is in progress
since the last 6 years. The technology is still in evolution but
Countries have already started committing themselves to its
implementation. India has said that it would leapfrog from 2G to
4G bypassing the 3G Technology. China, Korea and Japan are
jointly developing 4G Phones; China will implement 4G technology
for the Beijing Olympic games. WiMax Technology is on its last
legs because it does not support VOIP. Data transfers will
happen at LAN Speeds of 100Mbps.The World is looking up to 4G
for transformation of the way people do day-to-day business.
Once the technology evolves the hand phone used in 4G mobile
communications would be an all in one device for use in. ¢
Education, Arts and Science ¢ Business activities outside the
office ¢ Network games and music/video content downloading ¢
Visual Communication ¢ Merchandise purchase and settlement ¢
Daily Life ¢ Work ¢ Nursing and Health Care ¢ Emergency Medical
Treatment ¢ Disaster Management.

Industry, Social Activities and Mobile Communications

From the viewpoint of industries, this change infers a great
transformation of business structure, particularly in industries
targeted at consumers, and an emergence of new businesses.
First, it will become possible for entertainment (such as music
or video) businesses to deliver products to the consumers in a
moment using fast-speed 4G mobile systems. Conventional package
distribution could be replaced by distribution through mobile
networks, which may develop into one pillar of the entertainment
businesses.

In services offered to people-such as media calm, education,
government services-the form of service offering may shift in
varying degrees into a structure where "a service is delivered
to the user" instead of "users are required to go out to receive
service". Mobile government services and remote education is
likely to be provided purely as an application on mobile
networks.

Although it may be difficult to realize full-scale on-line
medical service right away, an environment where doctors with
advanced mobile medical devices visit patient's homes to provide
treatment using special mobile services are considered
sufficiently possible In the fields of life support and
security, new services that have not been possible on
conventional telecommunications networks, i.e., shopping
assistance linked with home information appliances, or
round-the-clock health management services, etc., could be
realized by 4G mobile systems.

These services are projected to acquire many users given the
current social trends, i.e., an aging society and people's
increasing awareness of health and safety.

4G mobile systems and the development of mobile services are
thus projected to ease a conversion from old industry/business
structures, and lead to a creation of new industries and
markets. Furthermore, such change in industry structure is also
expected to stimulate capital investments not only in the
telecommunications sector but also in various other industries,
and create new demands amongst the consumers for terminal
equipment to receive a wide range of mobile services. The
advancement in mobile services are likely to enlarge the markets
for a wide range of products that are often used in daily life,
including mobile terminals, information appliances, home
network, intelligent vehicles, between others.

(1) Enriched and Cultural Life - Enriched life-able to
communicate with friends and families anytime Due to the
enhancements of mobile services, it will become possible to
provide an environment in which people can communicate with
another person in a distant location with a sense of reality as
if the person is nearby. In such an environment, mobile users
will be able to enjoy richer lives being able to feel the bond
with family members and friends anytime no matter where they
are. - A cultural life-able to receive informatio n of your
choice and easily obtain the right entertainment anytime you
like Advancements in mobile networks will enable people to
obtain a wide range of information at any location without
constraints, or receive education of their choice. Such a
cultural life enabled by mobile communications will be realized
in an environment where intellectual property rights are
protected to ensure free and secure exchange of information and
knowledge. (2) More Flexible and Diversified Life - Flexible and
Diversified Life-able to work regardless of home circumstances
Monitoring through visual communications, work at home by
interactive communications,and controlling robots from mobile
terminals are all expected to become a reality. In such
environments, people can work in a more flexible manner
regardless of the circumstances, i.e., work at home while
nursing infants or elderly family members with health concerns.
- Environment that enables various people to participate freely
in social activities The realization of electronic governments
will make it easier for people-including the elderly or
handicapped-to participate in social activities from mobile
terminals. An active and rigorous society can be created through
voluntary dissemination of information from individuals and
people's spontaneous participation in society building. (3) More
Comfortable and Safer Life - More Comfortable and Safer Life-saf
ety is ensured anytime, anywhere.The realization of a society
where connections to medical institutions, private organizations
or police can be made anytime from anywhere will give assurance
for people's lives, health, safety and crime prevention,
enabling them to live a more comfortable and safer life. -
Convenient and Comfortable Life-able to gain access services on
highly convenient networks in a secure manner Through secure
authentication and billing systems, people will be able to carry
out commercial transactions on mobile networks without worries,
and easily enjoy convenient services with a high degree of
reliability. (4) More Personnel and Convenient Life - Personnel
Life-possible to freel y select from a wide range of services
based on individual preferences Users' needs for service-the
type of service, the frequency of use and payment method,
etc.-vary between individuals. It will become pos sible to
customize freely the usage style, i.e., the type/provider of
service, place of use, terminal, etc., depending on individual
preferences. - Extremely convenient life-what you want to do now
can be done right away Almost every service you want to use
right now-ranging from advanced information search as if you
were in a large library to net shopping with a feeling as if you
went out to a shop-will be made available with the mobile
terminal at hand. Request and wishes of individuals will be
realized in a convenient fashion through various services
anytime and anywhere.

About the author:
Vijay Kaul is a Technology man doing Global Best Practices
Awards assessment and recommendations, Business Analytics,
Consulting and Project Management for the Information &
Communication Technology Practice of A Growth Consulting M.N.C.
as an Industry Analyst .Vijay's greatest asset is his domain
knowledge of both Telecom & I.T. domains and his understanding
of the Global Markets.