5G Ready World: Upgrading Your Networking Infrastructure

5G is coming to a town or city near you soon. If it hasn't already arrived, that is. But what is 5G, why is it such a key technology trend and, most importantly, what should businesses do to prepare for 5G?

5G stands for fifth-generation cellular wireless communications. The latest in networking technology promises us more excellent stability, faster connection speeds, lower latency (i.e., increased responsiveness), the ability to connect many more devices at once and cope with yet more data.

5G takes advantage of higher-frequency bands in the radio spectrum with a lot of capacity but shorter wavelengths. This could make mobile internet as fast, if not faster, than hardwired fibre connections. Industry experts predict that 5G networks will be 10 to 20 times faster than 4G when fully deployed.

Why does it matter?

Despite the conspiracy theories most of us have heard since the introduction of 5G networking, this game-changing networking promises to make change things such as:

Enhanced mobile broadband

In addition to making our smartphones better, 5G mobile technology can usher in new immersive experiences such as VR and AR with faster, more uniform data rates, lower latency, and lower cost-per-bit.

Mission-critical communications

5G can enable new services that can transform industries with ultra-reliable, available, low-latency links like remote control of critical infrastructure, vehicles, and medical procedures.

Massive IoT

5G is meant to seamlessly connect an enormous number of embedded sensors in virtually everything through the ability to scale down in data rates, power, and mobility—providing extremely lean and low-cost connectivity solutions.

?Why Upgrading Your Networking Infrastructure matters for 5G:

Think about a sewage pipeline. Without maintenance, more unwanted waste flows into this pipeline, and as the neighbourhood continues to expand, the sewage pipes also get flooded, leading to a complete disaster!

Now, this also applies to networking. Why would you want to upgrade to 5G while using old infrastructure? By doing so, you are calling for failures and unnecessary costs that could be avoided.

When new applications and technologies are released, they are designed for compatibility with the latest network iterations. Upgrading your network infrastructure allows you more flexibility in choosing new tech investments.

Upgrading gives you better, more efficient hardware with less chance of failure. It also gives you access to more computing power and storage space.

Infrastructure upgrades provide you with better scalability for more accessible, more streamlined future growth.

We understand that change can be challenging. But for organisations that want to stay competitive in today's fast-paced business arena.

Unfortunately, organisations too often make do with outdated networks, network data cabling and poorly functioning technology simply because they're what these companies are used to.

But the good news is that If you suspect your organisation needs network improvements and buildouts, these need not be stressful, difficult, or burdensome - and the results will be worth the effort.

To get you ready for a 5G world, at SFPWorx, we procure transceivers of the same quality and quality as the mainstream suppliers currently in the world, which also could be from the same factory contract manufacturers that build for OEM's.

We now even offer 400GB and 800GB optical transceivers that handle all storage, data and video traffic, whether linking rack to rack, or data centre to the data centre or enterprise networks to network!

Get in touch with us to take your business networking infrastructure to the next level.

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