5G Q&A: Opportunities or Threats?

The videoconference is available on YouTube and Facebook.

As part of the “Rendez-vous de l’Eco” series, the Faculty of Economics at the University of Montpellier I (MUSE campus), in partnership with Midi Libre, is organizing a debate on the topic of 5G onDecember 15, 2020, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

As 5G rolls out in France, many questions remain in the public debate. Increased radiofrequency exposure and a shift toward higher frequencies are reigniting concerns about the health effects of 5G.

A more recent question is whether it is wise to move toward 5G at a time when we are learning just how much of our energy consumption is driven by digital technology.

Finally, there are many questions about the added value of this new generation of mobile technology: In what ways does 5G represent an improvement over 4G, which still struggles to provide nationwide coverage? Will it duplicate the capabilities of fiber-optic networks? Are France and Europe truly lagging behind compared to deployments in the United States or Asia?

Roundtable discussion moderated by Olivier Biscaye, Editor-in-Chief of Midi Libre.

Speakers:

• Viktor Arvidsson, Director of Government Relations, Innovation, and Strategy at Ericsson France.
• Yves Gassot, former CEO of IDATE DigiWorld.
• Stéphen Kerckhove, Executive Director of Agir pour l’Environnement.
• Frédéric Salles, former President and Founder of Matooma.
• Sébastien Soriano, Chairman of ARCEP.
• Michael Trabbia, Chief Technical and Innovation Officer, Orange Group.
• Yaël Benayoun, co-founder of the nonprofit organization Le Mouton Numérique.

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