How the Pandemic Irreversibly Forced Digital Acceleration
When we look back on 2020, there will be several notable items that jump out from the record books. The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the global economy will likely be at the top of the list, as will the pull-forward in digital transformation that ensued as people adjusted how they worked, lived, and played.
Pain points tend to give way to solutions, and given the number of pain points that emerged as a result of the pandemic, we have seen digital solutions come about in part to solve consumers’ needs.
With the deployment of new connective technologies such as 5G and gigabit fiber bringing greater data speeds and network capacity as well as lower latency compared to existing networks, there will be no putting the digital genie back in the bottle.
