The super-fast technology reached more customers this year than expected and will cover about 60% of the global population by 2026 , according to a report last month from Ericsson. That makes 5G the fastest-deployed mobile network ever, the Swedish networking giant said.
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Recently, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has said that the major cities in India— Gurugram, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Delhi, Jamnagar, Ahmadabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Pune, and Gandhi Nagar would be among the first cities to enjoy 5G services in 2022 .
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5G is also expected to be a big deal in powering the Industrial Internet of Things , or the IIoT, which is one of the largest subsets of the IoT. As IoT systems become enabled by 5G, industrial processes should improve and more opportunities for innovation should arise.
Read moreHow long will it take for 5G to be everywhere?
“This transition from 4G to 5G is even bigger and frankly much more revolutionary.” This isn’t going to happen overnight, but expect major shifts thanks to 5G in the next five years . Qualcomm’s Amon predicts there will be 2.8 billion 5G connections by 2025. (That’s not just phones, but rather connected devices, too.)
Read moreHow small is 5G?
There are different types of 5G small cells; femtocells, picocells, and microcells, all providing different coverage limits. Broadly speaking, femtocells reach 10 meters, picocells 200 meters, and microcells around two kilometers .
Read moreIs 5G 5 GB?
There are the same 5G speeds but in bytes instead of bits: 5G peak download speed: 2.5 GB/s (gigabytes per second) , or 2,560 MB/s (megabytes per second) 5G peak upload speed: 1.25 GB/s (gigabytes per second), or 1,280 MB/s (megabytes per second)
Read moreIs 5G turned on in the United States?
US Mobile: 5G works with all of their plans . Mint Mobile: Available in thousands of US cities since mid-2020. Cricket Wireless: Began offering services in late 2020. Visible: Works through Verizon’s network.1 Mar 2022
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