Here is all you need to know about 5G

by Kesara Bandaragoda 3 years Ago 3 Min Read Add Comment

Last Updated: September 9, 2019

What is 5G?

“5G” stands for the fifth generation of wireless networks. If you have used a smartphone you must be familiar with the terms such as GPRS, EDGE, LTE, 3G & 4G. Basically 5G is the newest addition to this family. 5G is the next generation of mobile broadband that will eventually replace, or at least augment, your 4G LTE connection. With 5G, you’ll see the exponentially faster download and upload speeds. Latency, or the time it takes devices to communicate with each other wireless networks, will also drastically decrease.

What can I expect from 5G?

For a smartphone user, having it changed from 4G to 5G will give the ultimate experience of the fastest internet. From 100MBpS, 5G will bring a whopping 10GB per second speed. That’s more than 100 times faster than the best 4G network you have ever used. With these amazing speeds of internet, you will no longer be facing the request lag you are facing with your 4G device now. All the requests will be instantaneous! 5G will only take less than few seconds to download a full HD Marvel Movie which would be days for a 3G user.

New Doors opening with 5G.

With the dramatic increase in internet speeds coming with 5G, More data-consuming tasks will be common to use. For instance, the movies will come with Augmented reality. Internet of Things will leap forward drastically. Surgeons will be able to perform surgeries remotely, Holography will be more popular

Where Can I find 5G now?

According to 5gobservatory.eu, Below cities now offers 5G

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1. USA
2. Japan
3. China
4. South Korea

USA

Atlanta
Austin
Charlotte
Dallas
Kalamazoo
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
New York
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Seattle
Waco

Japan

Tokyo
Nagasaki
Okinawa
Yokohama

China

Beijing
Chengdu
Hangzhou
Lanzhou
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Suzhou
Wuhan
Xiong’an

South Korea

Seoul
Suwon
Pyeongyang
K-City (a fake town built by the country to trial driverless cars)

European cities are still in the early stages of 5G deployments. However, European H2020 objectives require every country to launch 5G in at least one city by 2020: