The 5G Future Explained

5G isn’t just a faster network for your mobile phone; it’s the backbone of everything we expect the future to be — smart, automated, and connected.

Just some of 5G’s key technological milestones will:

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Reduce download times by up to 1000x through increased bandwidth

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Decrease latency to less than 10 milliseconds

 

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Enable 100x more devices to be connected

 

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Help to enable 100 percent coverage

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Reduce the network’s energy consumption by 90 percent

 

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Facilitate 10-year battery life on low-power devices

 

In the future, 5G will be especially important for mission critical services

In the future, 5G will be especially important for mission critical services

Important technologies like medical devices or autonomous cars can’t face lags or disruptions in connectivity. With 5G's low latency and high speeds, these areas will boom:

5G investment on pace to top $240 billion

5G investment on pace to top $240 billion

Mainstream deployments of 5G are expected by 2023, and the telecoms industry is investing across the globe in the race to offer 5G speeds and reliability. By 2022, investment among the below countries alone is expected to peak at more than $240 billion.

Preparing for 5G with optical fiber

In the future, will 5G make existing networks obsolete?

Whether you go fixed or mobile, more than ever, the future is optical fiber.