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Networks
High performance networking is the foundational layer of successful Smart Sustainable City. Dedicated deep connectivity, through wired and wireless solutions and a smart network fabric underpins and enables everything else - such as cloud, edge computing, digital platforms and technologies, and business and community applications and services.
Continued investment in wifi, fiber and 5G are critical, as are the moves to advanced 5G and 6G in the future. The vast amounts of data that Smart Sustainable Cities generate, and the exponential growth in the volume of data that we will continue to see, will require commensurate increases in network capacity, density and speed, alongside low latency. That will enable the full potential of applied IoT, Artificial Intelligence /machine learning, automation, as well as augmented and virtual reality that the metaverse will demand. It will also enable the important applications and services that Smart Sustainable Cities need in education, health, transport and business, to thrive in the new hybrid world.
Our practice
The global telecoms industry is developing at a rapid pace. Eversheds Sutherland is one of only a handful of law firms with in-depth experience in telecommunications, with major US, UK and international telecommunications practices. Our lawyers advise on the provision and receipt of the full range of telecommunications products, services and network access from both a supplier and customer perspective, and have an in-depth understanding of the network infrastructures and architectures, and a working knowledge of the key existing and emerging technologies that are prevalent in this sector. And, unusually for a law firm, we are corporate members of leading communications industry organizations.
