What Is 5G Technology And How Must Businesses Prepare For It?
What Is 5G Technology And How Must Businesses Prepare For It?. In some circles, there’s been much talk about 5G technology and its imminent arrival.
However, most individuals and companies haven’t experienced it, although there’s a lot of work being done behind the scenes to build, trail, and launch the infrastructure. When 5G does become widely available, we can expect immense opportunities for the technology just like we have with the launch of every generation of mobile networks. Here’s what 5G technology is and how businesses should prepare for it.
What is 5G?
Called 5G, the fifth generation of mobile wireless communications promises to lower latency, offer greater stability, the ability to connect many more devices at once, and move more data thanks to faster speeds. These features have the potential to supercharge business, and that’s one of the reasons 66 percent of businesses plan to deploy 5G by 2020, according to a study by Gartner. Ultimately, 5G takes advantage of higher-frequency bands in the radio spectrum that have a lot of capacity but shorter wavelengths. Cisco estimates that by 2020, 5G will generate three times more traffic than the average 4G connection, and those connections will make up 3 percent of total mobile connections.
Many industry experts believe that 5G networks alongside existing 4G LTE networks will be 10 to 20 times faster than 4G when fully deployed in the real world. Standalone 5G could reach gigabit-plus browsing speeds, making mobile internet as fast, if not faster, than hardwired fiber connections.
Benefits of 5G
The first improvement most are excited about is the improved speed. Whereas 4G has download speeds typically 20Mbps, 5G is expected to reach 500 to 1500 Mbps—pretty much instant. Consumers might be impressed by being able to download a movie from Netflix in seconds, but there are some very important business applications this speed will make possible.
