This report was authored by Wilson Chow from PWC and published in January 2021. By considering use-cases in health care, smart utilities, consumer and media, industrial manufacturing, and financial services, the analysis highlights that the adoption of 5G will add US$1.3 trillion to global GDP by 2030. To achieve such gains, companies will need to factor 5G into their technology road maps and strategically apply use-cases that will deliver the greatest value. Policy makers and governments, for their part, will need to regard 5G as fundamental component of societal infrastructure.
Key words: IoT, audio/video, communications, construction, smart grid, utilities