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# CES 2023: 5G Will Drive Safer Transportation
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/ces-2023-5g-will-drive-safer-transportation/
- Published: 2023-01-05T20:07:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:13:06.000Z
- Description: More comprehensive data-sharing is made possible by the reduced latency of 5G, CES hears.
- Author: David B. McGarry
- Tags: Infrastructure, FCC, #with-siderail, 5G Wireless, 6G, Aruna Anand, Congress, Continental Automotive Systems Inc, Durga Malladi, Featured, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 09:59, #added-preview-divider

LAS VEGAS, January 5, 2023 – Panelists at the Consumer Electronics Show 2023 on Thursday touted the potential for 5G to make transportation safer by enabling information sharing between vehicles and with infrastructure.

5G is expected to expand connectivity by attaching small cell connectivity equipment on various city infrastructure, including traffic lights and bus shelters.

More comprehensive data-sharing is made possible by the reduced latency of 5G, said **Aruna Anand**, president and CEO of Continental Automotive Systems Inc., referring to connectivity communications times. Anand argued that making relevant information available to multiple vehicles is key to improving safety.

“We give more information about the surroundings of the vehicle to the car to enable \[it\] to make better decisions,” Anand said.

**Durga Malladi**, senior vice president and general manager for cellular modems and infrastructure at chip maker Qualcomm, described a 5G-enabled “true ubiquitous data space solution” in which vehicles and smart infrastructure – e.g., traffic lights and stop signs – communicate with one another.

Asked for predictions, Malladi forecasted an increased “blend” of communications and artificial intelligence technologies. Anand said 6G is expected to emerge by 2028 and make its way to vehicle technology by 2031.

Both realized and predicted innovations in 5G-enabled technologies have driven calls for expanded spectrum access, from [private](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/more-time-on-disaster-agreements-small-providers-want-fed-spectrum-more-ecf-funding/) and public sectors alike. The Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the respective overseers of non-federally and federally-used spectrum, in August [agreed to an updated memorandum of understanding](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/fcc-and-ntia-release-updated-coordination-memorandum/) on spectrum management

Although relatively new, this agreement [has already been touted](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/interagency-spectrum-agreement-already-paying-off-officials-say/) by officials.

The FCC, whose spectrum auction authority Congress [extended in December](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/omnibus-bill-includes-fcc-spectrum-auction-extension-tiktok-ban-on-government-devices/), made [several moves](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/promoting-affordable-connectivity-program-google-bars-truth-social-t-mobile-wins-2-5-ghz-auction/) last year to [expand spectrum access](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/fcc-seeks-comments-on-opening-12-7-ghz-band-for-5g-other-uses/).