5G

With the first rays of the sunshine, in spite of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, we have travel on our mind.

Change will never be as slow as they are today – that is the conclusion of the leading economic and engineering minds of our time, and this seemingly simple thought indicates the major changes that lie ahead.

According to its government officials, China has built the world’s largest 5G network which currently includes 260 million connections.

The National Recovery and Resilience Plan is the opportunity of a generation because it brings the potential of HRK 47.5 billion which Croatia could pull from EU funds, under the conditions of a clever approach by the government and the launch of quality projects.

The latest research by Strategy Analytics shows that global smartphone shipments surged to 340 million in the first three months of 2021, up by 24 percent year-over year and the highest growth since 2015.

The security of payments via mobile wallets is growing from year to year, so it is predicted that this will be one of the most propulsive industries in the near future.

According to analysts, the renewed US–Japan alliance to take on China’s dominance in 5G is an unrealistic illusion that is doomed to fail, given Chinese development of 5G infrastructure and their huge domestic application market.

At the height of his career, Nikola Tesla became obsessed with the idea of long-distance transmission of electricity through the air via strategically positioned towers. However, the era in which he lived did not offer the wireless transmission capabilities he had dreamed of.

Samsung has just unveiled its cheapest 5G phone to date – the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G. It will be available in Europe from February 12, and the starting price should be around HRK 2,000 for the 64 GB version, but for just HRK 200 more you can get 128 GB of storage space.

Hrvatski Telekom started the month of March by testing the 5G network on the 3.5 GHz frequency band. Testing is currently being carried out to a limited extent on a part of commercial users in Zagreb, and soon in Osijek.