The world's first country to go 5G!

Dinesh Vishwakarma

[br] [br][br]HIGHLIGHTS[br][br]5G is crucial for the future development of driverless cars, delivery drones, and connected factories[br][br][ul][li]Expect better augmented reality, virtual reality and telemedicine — physicians 'remotely' treating patients whenever and wherever, by using a computer or smartphone[br][/li][/ul]The three top telecom providers in South Korea— SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus — began their 5G services at 11 pm local time on Wednesday, earlier than the original schedule for April 5.[br][br]Speculation that US mobile carrier Verizon might start its 5G services early forced South Korean providers to hastily organise a late-night launch, Yonhap news agency reported. In the event, Verizon began rolling out its 5G services in Chicago and Minneapolis on Wednesday US time, a week ahead of schedule. But according to Yonhap, the South Korean launches came two hours earlier.[br][br]5G stands for fifth-generation cellular wireless and is a broadcast transmission protocol devised by the 3rd generation partnership project, a global consortium of telecom groups; it refers to a spectrum of radio frequencies that carriers will use to transmit data. The radio signal transmits information at an extremely high frequency, or 'millimetre wave', which allows for connections significantly better than current 4G networks.[br][br]We're talking of a technology 20 to 100 times faster than the current ones. Sample this- if an HD movie download took 7 minutes on 4G networks (which peak at about 100 megabits per second), on 5G that will take just 6 seconds (at a download speed range of 5-20 gigabits per second)![br]The possibilities are endless. 5G is crucial for the future development of driverless cars, delivery drones, and connected factories. Expect better augmented reality, virtual reality and telemedicine — physicians 'remotely' treating patients whenever and wherever, by using a computer or smartphone.[br][br]According to the London-based Global System for Mobile Communications, the technology is expected to bring about $565 billion in global economic benefits by 2034.[br][br]However, Americans will need a Motorola phone with a clip-on modem to use 5G. Users in Seoul have it easier with Samsung launching a 5G-ready Galaxy phone recently.[br][br]As for India, although it is targeting 2020 for a 5G rollout, the country is yet to allocate 5G spectrum to operators even for trials.

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Dinesh Vishwakarma

by @naveen | 2019-04-06 18:14
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