The 5G countdown expires in a matter of minutes. Since the first cough of reaching the next generation network speeds of as high as 10Gbps with extremely low latency. Becoming the driving force for new applications that use massive broadband capabilities.
Muchless, the speeds have been reached in countries like China, Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Monaco, Pakistan, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, South Africa, Taiwan, Britain, Uruguay, Vietnam, Qatar, United States, South Korea with infrastructure from Huawei, Nokia, Samsung, Ericsson, ZTE, Cisco Systems, CommScope and Coriant being used in the countries as they authorize.
Framework support for the new digital ecosystem the new generation network promised is up and featuring innumerable Startups addressing pieces of solutions to opportunities made possible by 5G. This has seen a lot more innovation as captured from 365 days to 5G earmark in the department of :
- Quantum computing
- Internet of Things (IoT) with its numerous derivatives: IIoT, IoE
- Real-time communication
- Self driving cars
- Terrestrial broadcast
- Virtual gaming
- Voice assistants
- Telemedicine
- Video streaming and conferencing
many others ready to feast on the data revolution promised by the 5th generation network.
Governments, Corporations and Natural persons have been affected as predicted, with new skill, tool, equipment and continuous learning being the order of the second. The adage; innovate or die has never been this important as this generation. All industries are directly and indirectly affected, all economies are touched.
The next 366 days has a lot to bring to bear, cant wait to watch.