The automotive industry is transitioning from "software-assisted hardware" to "software-defines-hardware", the development of smart network functions and after-market upgrade services (e.g. OTA) placing greater demands on the systemic digital capabilities of automotive companies.

5G deployments have paved the way for new uses in industry, agriculture or health. The lockdowns (teleworking, home schooling, etc.) have underlined the urgency of deploying the Very High Speed network in all regions.

We are heading into the 21st century. Manufacturing companies are striving to continuously improve the digitalization and networking capabilities of their equipment in order to build smart factories. Meanwhile, the maturity of big data, artificial intelligence, and IoT technologies has brought the development of Industry 4.0 to the next stage, allowing companies to apply a large number of integration and data mining technologies to optimize productivity and production cycles and enhance their core competitiveness.

After the virtual halt in air traffic, the post-COVID recovery has begun in a heterogeneous way around the world. Regional flights have seen a strong acceleration in demand, while long-haul flights are struggling to recover their pre-crisis levels.

The health crisis has accelerated the conversion of consumers to digital technology and encouraged uses such as online account opening and credit granting.With the digital transformation now complete, the challenge for banks is to become the reference platform for online financial services. The Open Banking approach is essential to achieve this objective.

The pandemic has contributed to the massive adoption of new uses that will be retained by consumers: click & collect, contactless payment, express delivery, personal shopper, social selling, etc. All brands are accelerating their digital transformation to provide a smooth, multi-channel client experience.

The health crisis requires the mass marketing and production of COVID-related vaccines and treatments in record time.At the same time, the ageing of the population and budgetary constraints are leading the authorities to put pressure on the pharmaceutical industry to lower the price of medicines.

Considered as “technologies of the future”, the production, distribution and storage of decarbonised energies are becoming a major challenge to meet the explosion in electricity needs, while respecting the commitments to reduce CO2 emissions.