A1 Group Austrian unit delivers 8K video content via 5G network for the first time in Austria at the Alpbach 2019 European Forum
A1 Austria broadcasted 8K video content through its 5G network during the European Forum Alpbach 2019, thus exclusively showing the future of entertainment. Along with its technology partners, Nokia and Samsung, A1 introduced one of the many application areas of the new 5G mobile technology.
Broadcasting content with 8K resolution will face today's challenges with today's mobile networks - the required speed and volume of data transfer will increase significantly. For example, the network will have to deal with broadcasting Hollywood production with 8K resolution, which will exceed 100 GB. Developing solutions that require more connection capacity and the growing trend of using real-time streaming technologies are making the 5G fast and widespread entry into the entertainment world imperative.
A1 is currently testing various applications of 5G in Bulgaria. The company launched the first 5G base station in the country after receiving test frequencies from the Communications Regulation Commission in early July. The entertainment field was also the first application of 5G, which A1 demonstrated in Bulgaria by showing 16 HD quality TV channels which simultaneously transmit to 5G network in the National Palace of Culture.
"5G is at the heart of all future improvements to the mobile Internet and will create unprecedented opportunities for new services. In addition to business applications, the Internet of Things (IoT) and real-time communication with autonomous cars and drones, faster speeds and faster response times will lead to new applications for private clients such as virtual reality or cloud gaming. In the future, the 5G network will play a key role in providing gigabit connectivity to rural areas, ”said A1 Group CEO Thomas Arnoldner, describing the capabilities of the next-generation mobile network.
"The transmission of 8K video content will be among the applications that require maximum connection speed. High resolution videos require extremely high data transfer capacity and would overload the current networks. At the premiere, we showed what new opportunities the 5G of A1 offers, ”commented A1 Austria CEO Marcus Grausam.
5G from A1 in the Alpbach
A1 has expanded the mobile internet infrastructure in Tirol tremendously, in preparation for the 5Giganet premiere in Alpbach. In addition to upgrading four external transmitters with 5G Massive MiMo antennas, the company installed an internal transmitter for the Alpbach Forum. In this way, speeds of up to 1.2 Gbit / s were reached inside the convention center where the event was being held. All five transmitters are connected to the Internet via 10 gigabit cables, providing a high quality 5G connection. Hundreds of areas in Austria will be connected to 5G over the next few months.