KEYNOTE 4: 5G & IoT: Accelerating Digital & Transforming Everything

Georgios A. Onopas

(OTE Group, Director of the fixed & mobile Access Networks,Greece)

 

Presentation available!

 

Abstract

The presentation will focus on how the 5G will be the foundation for realizing the Connected Society, by analyzing the new capabilities of 5G, including tremendous flexibility, lower energy requirements, greater capacity, bandwidth, security, reliability and data rates, as well as lower latency and device costs. Depicting on how the move to 5G will enable the connectivity of billions devices and the new ecosystem called the Internet of the Things (IoT) the presentation will give a view on how the accelerating world’s digitalization will create opportunities for new use cases, new markets and new business models which eventually will lead once again most probably in a social transformation and a new industrial revolution.

 

CV

Mr. Georgios A. Onopas was born in Athens, Greece, in 1968. He is currently Director of the fixed & mobile Access Networks Department of OTE Group in Greece. He has actively participated in the development of all Cosmote Group Networks in the Balkan area. He has been engaged in NGA, Fttx, 2G, 3G, 4G, WiFi deployment, Spectrum Strategy, Radio Network Planning, Network Performance monitoring and to a greater extent in measurements of receptivity and the quality of COSMOTE Network since October 1997. He has leading many innovative technology projects on a variety of technologies like GSM, UMTS, LTE, FEMTO, WiFi.