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Monaco Telecom: “It’s up to us to invent a life that revolves

around wireless digitalisation!”

According to Martin Péronnet, CEO of Monaco Telecom, it is obvious: 5G will gradually become
essential to meet the growth in data. In the future, «the digitalisation of services and production
processes will rely heavily on wireless technologies.»

Is 5G a technology of the future? There’s great restraint in energy use. Developments this and we as operators will need to adapt our
already talk of 6G... in technology will make this possible. Monaco networks accordingly. The main challenge that
We are at the start of 5G developments. Most of is also synonymous with security, so digital we will have to take up for the environment will be
the new terminals are now compatible and the security and the protection of everyone’s digital to contain the increase in electricity consumption
roaming function is starting to spread (Apple identity must remain central to the Principality’s linked to digital technology. We are already
launched it on iPhone, along with the update commitment. The quality of life offered in actively working on this by modulating the
of its system, on 22 September), plus usage is Monaco will also necessarily be reflected in the power of our networks according to usage and
spreading amongst the general public. 5G will digital services available here. In the coming improving our energy efficiency. This is our major
gradually take precedence over 4G and make it decades, the percentage of jobs linked to digital concern for the years to come. Investing in new
possible to meet the growing demands of data. will see an increase. technologies also necessarily means buying new
Business apps (private networks for critical machines. We must, therefore, ensure that the
uses and so on) will gradually appear: there will How will digitalisation contribute to the growth recycling and recovery chains for old equipment
be several technological stages before a new of Monaco’s economy and employment? Will are as efficient as possible, an approach that is
generation of network, 6G, becomes necessary, it incite certain sectors of activity to come to now systematic within the group.
in a few years. the Principality?
Digital services greatly contribute to the
What will 5G be used for in the next 30 years, improvement of the experience of visitors,
in your opinion? residents and businesses in Monaco. This is seen
The question is rather what will mobile phone with Extended Monaco: development of digital
networks be used for, whatever their generation. and, in particular, mobile services is speeding
It took 30 years to move from the first wireless up and making daily life easier. Many companies
telephones to smartphones as the main interface are already developing digital solutions that will
towards a connected world. We know that improve everyone’s experience in hotels and
interaction between objects is becoming restaurants. Several of MonacoTech’s start-
widespread and that the digitalisation of services ups specialise in this domain. The Principality
and production processes will heavily rely upon has significant influence all over the world and
wireless technology. For example, we can see solutions created here are exportable we
with QR codes and the Health Pass to what point are experiencing this at Monaco Telecom, for
this is already a reality. Processors will continue example, where our teams of engineers develop
to get smaller, just as possibilities multiply. It”s services for the national territory of Monaco but
up to us to invent a life that revolves around this also for our other branches and subsidiaries of
and to use the limitless opportunities offered the NJJ Group. Digital requires reaching critical
by wireless digitalisation in order to develop mass. The Principality’s very international
our society. character will allow it to make the most of the
opportunities offered by 5G and digitalisation.
How do you imagine Monaco in 2050?
Autonomous cars? Futuristic factories? How are the studies on the impact upon health
Cars are gradually becoming autonomous, and the environment going?
sometimes more gradually than claimed, but it All the studies have shown that 5G does not
is inevitable. I imagine that by 2050, mobility for represent a specific danger to health ANSES
everyone will have dramatically changed – and (France’s health and safety authority have
2050 is also the year that carbon neutrality will confirmed this point that they wished to check.
have become the rule, in particular in Monaco, Everyone’s recommendation is to keep the limits
at the vanguard of the battle in the energy of electromagnetic fields defined. The increase
transition. Therefore, we will have heavily in usage must not lead to an increase in fields
invested in solutions combining the comfort beyond the authorised limits. Technology must © svershinsky
of widespread connectivity and the need for continue to advance in efficiency to ensure

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