The aim of the initiative is to create completely new railway transportation services and to even double the amount of railway transport.

There is a pressing and largely unmet need for reliable network connectivity in harsh, complex, and sometimes remote manufacturing environments.

Until the launch of 5G, every previous generation of mobile phone technology was primarily intended to improve the operation of the handset. First-generation mobile phone networks were analog systems that provided just enough bandwidth for voice calls. Introduced in the early 1990s, 2G was the first digital mobile technology, while 3G in the late 1990s made it possible for handsets to carry email messages and provide rudimentary access to web pages.