20 Technology Trends 2020 revealed at Telenor Pakistan Headquarters 345

The twenty technology trends will take a prominent lead in developing the global digital ecosystem supported by cellular service providers, device makers and internet companies, said Bjorn Taale Sandberg, Head of Telenor Research.

The 20 Tech Trends 2020 were revealed at Telenor Pakistan Headquarters 345, where Bjorn Taale Sandberg, Head of Telenor Research, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Telenor Pakistan, Irfan Wahab Khan and Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Aamir Azam Bajwa were also present.

According to the head of Telenor Research, real green innovations will eventually go beyond the hype by combining Big Data, AI (artificial intelligence) tech, and IoT (internet of things) to significantly contribute towards protecting the environment.

So far, there has been more of an industrial use of the IoT than public and in 2020, the technology will get closer to people to become "internet of bodies" with connected health, medical, and communications devices attached to human bodies.

While 2019 was the year of 5G testing, another tech trend projects 2020 to be the year of widespread 5G launches; the combination of 5G, IoT, and AI will also spur industry collaborations that share competence and co-create world-changing platforms.

"Many of the trends we spotlight for next year show innovation charging ahead faster than ever, enabled by more access and more demand, as well as by revolutionary new tech platforms and socio-political forces.

At the same time, other trends suggest we are having a common technological epiphany, a kind of digital realization. People are waking up and examining how and where technologies, including AI, machine learning, IoT, and new network innovations will best and most securely connect them with the people and things that matter most," said Sandberg.

The use of artificial intelligence in the world is on the rise, said Sandberg. Telenor constantly monitors changes in information technology as it affects human lives, he added.

The coming era is the internet of bodies as in the future, 5G-capsules and fiber-optic can be connected to the brain as well. Telenor official said that by 2030 nano-bytes will be able to embed inside the body. Disease can be detected by these nasal bytes. Telenor is going to start a green radio project, he added.

The chairman PTA said that PTA is playing pivotal role in the growth and development of telecom sector in Pakistan. "The PTA is facilitating in the provision of high quality and latest ICT services to the consumers. Technology trends forecasted by Telenor are becoming more and more pertinent and relevant to Pakistan," he added.

He further said PTA is always striving to introduce the latest technology in the country, but a lot more work is needed in technology and telecom service, said Bajwa, adding that the vision of the government is also the promotion of technology in the country.