These days, technological developments are being released at record speeds, and the whole world now has its eyes on 5G. Being more than 10 times faster than 4G—5G networks are now available in 60 countries, and with 140 operators. With major providers set to end their 3G and eventually 4G services in the near future, upgrades to 5G are no longer optional, but crucial. Despite these advancements, there are still over 80 million 3G devices active in North America, which will stop functioning within the next 1-2 years. Without the necessary upgrades, a huge amount of people will suddenly become disconnected.

Why so much importance has been placed on 5G.

You might be curious to know why so much importance has been placed on 5G. While I won’t entertain the conspiracy theorists at this point—there’s Facebook Groups for that, I will highlight the role it will play in our society. At this point it’s widely accepted that the pandemic has highlighted a lot of our system and society’s flaws, waking us up to the necessary changes which need to be made in the name of progression. Like other sectors, businesses have been made aware of the need to shift their priorities from the physical to the virtual world to ensure they remain connected with their workers and customers, regardless of location and any kind of restriction. This means that being strongly connected will become a major priority, which all businesses wishing to remain “modern” will set into motion in the immediate future. With 5G being the most interconnected network thus far, going forward new devices must also be 5G compatible to appeal to mass-usage. New innovations like Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), video streaming, as well as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) will all benefit from the increased connectivity and wider bandwidth 5G offers through better streaming.

“5G and AI can ‘work hand-in-hand to create a connectivity fabric of smart devices and services… Processing data closer to the source through on-device AI is important as it offers crucial benefits including privacy, personalization, and reliability, in addition to helping scale intelligence.’”

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