JD turning to 5G for edge in logistics sector

E-commerce giant to showcase intelligent technologies at Shanghai park this year

E-commerce giant JD said that its first 5G intelligent logistics demonstration zone in Shanghai will use automated sorting, tracking and inspection, and overall management technologies when it starts operations this year.

Zhe Wenming, the chief architect officer of JD logistics, the logistics arm of the Beijing-based tech heavyweight, said as a new generation of mobile communication technology, 5G plays an important role in managing personnel and vehicles in logistics parks, tracking packages and the process of digitalized production and patrolling of drones and self-driving vehicles.