The potential benefits of 5G have been discussed by leaders in industries ranging from public safety to education, but the transportation industry has been perhaps the most vocal. Telefonica has built a futuristic “smart city” utilizing 5G networks to power autonomous minibuses that are secure, reliable, and safe, showing off the real-world benefits 5G can have for autonomous vehicles. As Mercedes Fernández, head of innovation at Telefonica España, explained, “5G provides critical latency and extremely high reliability, playing a key role in security, information criticality and decision making times.”
