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Building the internet of the future
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The demand for data has been exploding over the past years and will continue to do so for this decade to come. How will our telecom networks cope? KPN has partnered up with Eindhoven University of Technology to look at that challenge from every angle.
If there’s one sector that really shined during the corona crisis, it’s telecom. Reliable and high-speed internet connections kept large parts of the economy going and the quarantined entertained. This is only the beginning, however: many more opportunities are waiting to be unlocked by the beautiful marriage of telecom and digital services, ranging from self-driving cars to smart cities.
This, however, places heavy demands on our wired and wireless networks, which will need to shuttle ever higher amounts of data back and forth, efficiently and affordably. How will telecommunications companies make this happen, without letting energy demands get completely out of hand?
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