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First Laparoscopy Using 5G Technology Performed in Moscow

The first laparoscopy to be performed laparoscope and 4K camera connected advice and instructions. “Skolkovo is one of
in Russia with the use of 5G technology to the 5G network, an anesthesiology several 5G pilot zones in the capital region.
was recently undertaken in the console, several additional cameras Over the past six months, innovators working
5G pilot zone located in Skolkovo. and the Huawei 5G multimedia white across these centers have demonstrated how
Telecommunications company Beeline, board. The project was a first-hand fifth generation communication can be used
together with Huawei and GMS Hospital demonstration of the capabilities of in urban services, be it for road safety or in
partnered together to complete two the 5G broadband and its low latency. the field of entertainment. Today, Beeline has
such surgical procedures. The 5G pilot The operation was conducted with the demonstrated how 5G can benefit the medical
zone was rolled out in the operational support of remote medical experts, field,” said Eduard Lysenko, head of Moscow
block of the innovation center at with relevant information exchanged Department of Information Technology. “Thanks
Skolkovo, with the support of the via 4K video conferencing, facilitating to fifth-generation communications, medicine
Moscow Department of Information communication between the operating and medical services are set to reach new
Technologies. Thanks to the work of all surgeon and consulting specialists. heights, which, in the long run, are expected to
those involved, a cancer tumour was This included the patient’s medical improve quality of life for citizens. As such, the
successfully removed with the use of a history, as well as real-time expert Moscow Department of Information Technology
will continue to support research efforts
and partnerships concerning 5G,” he added.
Expectations are that 5G will be widely used
across Russian healthcare in the future. New
generation networks will enable remote surgical
procedures, so that it will no longer be necessary
to transport a patient to a specific clinic or
specialist. Furthermore, 5G makes for more mobile
and comfortable operating theaters, thanks to its
ability to connect medical equipment wirelessly.
Finally, thanks to 5G, remote consultations will
reduce the need for travel, significantly saving
both doctor and patient time. This will have a big
impact on medical specialists, who spend more
than 70 per cent of their time travelling from one
location to another for complex operations.

Optus Completes 5G Data Call Using 2300MHz Spectrum

Australian mobile network operator (MNO) Optus claims to have
successfully established an end-to-end 5G data call using its
spectrum in the 2300MHz band, in what it has claims is a world
first. Outlining details of the achievement in a press release,
Optus said it had completed the test call in Sydney, working with
technology partner Ericsson. On the back of the test the MNO was
keen to highlight that, as it holds frequencies in both the 2300MHz
and 3500MHz bands, it expects to be able to build ‘a true dual-
band 5G network which will ultimately provide customers with
even more capacity and more coverage on 5G than a single band
3500MHz 5G today’. Commenting on the matter, Dennis Wong,
Optus’ Managing Director Networks, was cited as saying: ‘There aiming to deploy 2300MHz spectrum for 5G ‘some time during
is strong industry interest in the use of the 2300MHz band for 2020’, he added that the company is ‘actively pushing forward’
5G and as the only telecommunications operator in Australia to with the rollout of 5G services using 3500MHz spectrum. To that
currently have access to this band in metro capital cities, it’s great end, Optus confirmed that it now has more than 300 live 5G sites
to be leading the way with testing and trialing this for future 5G across Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra
deployment.’ Meanwhile, while the executive noted that Optus is and other ‘key locations’ in NSW, Victoria and Queensland.

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