5G is Coming (Really): The Slow Rollout of a Speedier Network

To date the promise of 5G — shorthand for the fifth generation of wireless networks — has exceeded the reality. That, however, is changing, with news that all the telecom giants are in the process of rolling out 5G technology (or soon will be), with the expectation of a substantial breakthrough in 2020. The full potential of the technology will be explored in subsequent years, but the predictions are that it will represent a quantum leap beyond that which is in place at present. One report went so far as to state that 5G will deliver data at a speed…...