SAN DIEGO, Sept. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A new
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. report, "Environmental sustainability
and a greener economy: The transformative role of 5G" highlights
the many ways 5G technology can achieve critically needed
sustainability benefits and calls for joint efforts by industry and
government to accelerate 5G adoption.
The report finds that 5G can transform and positively impact
industries across the globe by creating new products and processes
that support environmental sustainability. Importantly, the
report shows how 5G enabled sustainability is an economic
opportunity with major potential for increased revenues, profit
margins and productivity – as well as a range of other business
benefits.
With 5G, industries and organization can increase their overall
sustainability and competitive advantage by significantly improving
greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, pesticide usage, and energy
consumption.
The report calls for accelerated deployment of 5G networks and
5G uses cases, as well as enhanced investments in 5G technology
leadership and a robust global semiconductor ecosystem, to ensure
these urgent sustainability advantages are realized sooner.
Key findings from the report shows the rollout of 5G in the U.S.
alone is expected to:
- Create as many as 300,000 new green jobs by 2030. The roles of
data scientist, data engineering and software engineering will gain
traction as companies rely more and more on 5G.
- Enable the reduction of 374 million metric tons of greenhouse
gas emissions in the United
States, which is equivalent to taking 81 million passenger
vehicles off U.S. roads for one year.
- Save 410 billion gallons of water nationwide, the equivalent of
water usage in 4+ million homes, by offering increased insight into
usage patterns and leakage issues.
- Reduce pesticide usage in the United
States by 50% with unmanned aerial vehicles for remote
sensing and spray application.
- Increase fuel efficiency by 20% through optimized lane
management systems and traffic management systems enabled by
C-V2X.
"Environmental sustainability is absolutely imperative and we
are working actively with our partners across many industries to
leverage 5G to reduce carbon footprints and conserve resources,"
said Cristiano Amon, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Qualcomm Incorporated. "Governments and
industry can do much more to unleash the sustainability benefits of
5G by accelerating the deployment of 5G networks and use cases,
investing in 5G technology and ensuring a robust global
semiconductor ecosystem. As a 5G technology leader, Qualcomm aims
to play an even larger role in the digital and green transformation
of industries to provide 5G-enabled sustainability benefits to
societies and economies around the world."
The full report is available for download at
https://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/5g-and-sustainability-report.pdf
To learn more about the global and domestic economic benefits of
5G, reference Qualcomm Technologies-sponsored studies from IHS
Markit and Accenture, respectively.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is the world's leading wireless technology innovator
and the driving force behind the development, launch, and expansion
of 5G. When we connected the phone to the internet, the mobile
revolution was born. Today, our foundational technologies enable
the mobile ecosystem and are found in every 3G, 4G and 5G
smartphone. We bring the benefits of mobile to new industries,
including automotive, the internet of things, and computing, and
are leading the way to a world where everything and everyone can
communicate and interact seamlessly.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and
the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with
its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering, research
and development functions, and substantially all of our products
and services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor
business.
CONTACT: Pete Lancia,
858-845-5959, corpcomm@qualcomm.com
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