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Fast and Reliable 5G Connectivity – Healthcare’s Hardworking

Ally

5G empowers healthcare professionals to Medical specialists based
be where they are needed most
Professor Zhong Nanshan of the Chinese in China’s larger cities
Academy of Engineering was the first to were able to connect with
conduct remote consultations for severe dozens of remote hospitals
Demand for widely available, high-quality COVID-19 patients, using China Mobile’s
healthcare services has never been Cloud video streaming system to connect through China Mobile’s
higher. Recent years have seen healthcare to frontline doctors in Yuxi, Yunnan from Cloud video streaming
organizations fast-track their adoption of his clinic in Beijing, 2,500 kilometers away.
biosensors, robotics, telehealth systems, Medical specialists based in China’s larger platform, providing ‘face-
health apps, and electronic health records, cities were able to connect with dozens of to-face’ high-definition
taking advantage of virtual reality, artificial remote hospitals through China Mobile’s guidance to clinical staff
intelligence, predictive analytics, and cloud Cloud video streaming platform, providing
computing. Enabling these technologies, ‘face-to-face’ high-definition guidance and timely support for
5G has made an immense contribution, to clinical staff and timely support for suspected coronavirus
with a host of valuable innovations already suspected coronavirus cases without
integrated into healthcare settings. travelling long distances. cases without travelling
long distances.
5G represents a huge leap for both cellular These consultations were further
technology and healthcare by providing the enhanced by using wearable devices China Mobile’s 5G Remote Consultation
connectivity for a new health ecosystem connected to a 5G wireless network, which Cart was the first of its kind in the country.
that can meet the needs of patients allowed medical staff to monitor the vital The portable 5G telemedicine system
and providers accurately, efficiently, physiological indicators of patients in brought video connections to the ward
cost-effectively, conveniently, and at temporary field hospitals. to allow on-site staff and remote experts
a substantial scale. MarketandMarket to collaborate for multi-party, multi-
Research predicts that the 5G healthcare
market will be worth USD 3,667 million by
2026, growing at a CAGR of 76.3% from an
estimated USD 215 million in 2021.

China Mobile 5G and the pandemic
response
The unprecedented emergency caused by
the global outbreak of COVID-19 spurred
China Mobile to rise to the challenge and
rapidly expand applications for 5G in
healthcare environments. The value of 5G
livestreaming and video monitoring was
the most intuitive application of 5G in the
early days of the pandemic, as healthcare
workers bravely faced a novel infectious
disease.

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