The promise of 5G wireless – the speed, the hype, and the risks


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 12 Feb 2019

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A much-hyped network upgrade called "5G" means different things to different people. To industry proponents, it's the next huge innovation in wireless Internet.

To the US government, it's the backbone technology of a future that America will wrestle with China to control. To many average people, it's simply a mystery.

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