5G是革命性的，但会有人为此买单吗?

5G是革命性的，但会有人为此买单吗?

It's impossible to avoid 5G at Mobile World Congress.

在世界移动通信大会上,避开5G是不可能的。

There are 5G cars, 5G smartphones and 5G firefighting drones. There are even 5G fish-farming systems and 5G breakfast trays.

有5G汽车、5G智能手机和5G消防无人机。甚至还有5G的养鱼系统和5G的早餐托盘。

But executives gathered in Barcelona for the industry's annual talkfest admit there are still roadblocks that need to be removed before super-fast 5G wireless networks become a reality for many consumers.

但聚集在巴塞罗那参加行业年度会谈的高管们承认，在超高速5G无线网络成为许多消费者的现实之前，仍有许多障碍需要消除。

Huawei, one of the world's largest makers of telecoms equipment , is a major player in 5G technology.

全球最大的电信设备制造商之一华为是5G技术的主要参与者。

The mobile industry is also struggling to explain the benefits of 5G to consumers, and figure out the economics behind the technology.

移动行业也在努力向消费者解释5G的好处，并弄清楚这项技术背后的经济效益。

Who's prepared to pay?

谁会为它买单?

The 5G sales pitch is everywhere at Mobile World Congress: It can be up to 100 times faster than 4G, and huge numbers of devices can connect to the network simultaneously.

在世界移动通信大会上，5G的销售卖点无处不在:它的速度可以比4G快100倍，而且大量设备可以同时连接到网络。

That's not enough for some.

这对一些人来说还不够。

"The statistics are amazing, but they don't tell you where is the money," said Alex Holt, global chair for media & telecommunications at KPMG.

毕马威媒体和电信全球主席亚历克斯·霍尔特表示：“统计数据令人惊讶，但它们没有告诉你在哪方面盈利。”

Terry Halvorsen, the chief information officer at Samsung, said the industry needs to do a better job of explaining the benefits of 5G to potential users and understanding how to unlock its value.

三星首席信息官特里哈尔沃森表示，该行业需要更好地向潜在用户解释5G的好处，并理解如何释放其价值。

Not just another 'network'

不仅仅是另一个“网络”

Business may be quicker to grasp the benefits of speed, and the sheer volume of data that 5G can handle. Experts say the technology might be costly, but it will help make companies more efficient.

业务部门可能更快地掌握速度带来的好处，以及5G能够处理的庞大数据量。专家表示，这项技术可能成本高昂，但它将帮助企业提高效率。

Holt said that manufacturing is one sector that would see immediate benefits from 5G.

霍尔特表示，制造业是5G技术的一个直接受益者。

5G sensors could be installed in factories so that manufacturing faults could be detected in real time. That would prevent additional resources from being wasted on finishing a flawed product.

5G传感器可以安装在工厂中，实时检测生产故障。这将防止额外的资源浪费在完成一个有缺陷的产品上。

The potential of the networks cannot be ignored. Åsa Tamsons, the head of new businesses at Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson, said many still view 5G as just "another network."

网络的潜力不容忽视。瑞典电信设备制造商爱立信新业务主管阿萨·塔姆森表示，许多人仍然认为5G只是“另一个网络”。

"It's not another network," she said. "It will have the same impact as electricity, silicon and steam had in the previous industry revolutions."

“这不是另一个网络，”她说。“它的影响将与电力、硅和蒸汽在前几次工业革命中的影响相同。