March 10, 2020

5G is a common word nowadays we hear in mobile sector. As of now, this new revolutionary mobile technology is recently deployed in few major cities in US. My guess is we will see rapid rollout of 5G network worldwide including India.

Why We Need 5G Cellular Service - The new data-sharing network that defines so many technical applications would be almost impossible without 5G. As it transmits data more efficiently, 5G has the potential to be 40 times faster and suffer shorter lag times than the current 4G standard.

5G is the next generation of mobile broadband that will eventually replace, or at least augment, your 4G LTE connection. With 5G, you will see exponentially faster download and upload speeds. Latency, or the time it takes devices to communicate with wireless networks, will also drastically decrease.

The extreme densification and short-haul small-cell ranges necessary to achieve 5G generally will make it usable only in dense urban scenarios. But to deliver the high speeds and high capacity that many hope for, 5G requires a deep fiber network very similar to FTTP.

Should you buy a 5G phone in 2020? Best answer: 5G is amazing technology, but it's not yet worth going out of your way to get it. The networks are small and inconsistent, and you have to choose a phone specifically to get 5G. They're expensive, and aren't the best phones available today.

Pre-orders for Verizon 5G Home started on September 13, 2018, and service began October 1. Mobile 5G from Verizon began rolling out on April 3, 2019, and is currently available in parts of 34 cities. Verizon will continue expanding the mobile network throughout 2020.

While 5G is still some time away for consumers, one of the most obvious applications of this technology will be to replace your home broadband service. Mika Skarp, CEO at Cloud Street, says: ""Yes, most certainly 5G will replace Ethernet, but it will do much, much more and it needs to.

The new standard requires a new device. That new device may hit download speeds of 1 Gbps (but only on a high-band 5G network) and theoretically hit a peak of 10 Gbps. That means you will be able to download full-length movies in seconds, but it will also open up a world of possibilities we cannot even imagine yet.

The cons include the following: Broadcast distance/building penetration: One catch is that these frequency waves can only travel a short distance. Just like 5 GHz, Wi-Fi doesn't travel as far as 2.4 GHz WI-Fi, and 5G cellular will not travel as far from the tower as 4G.

Most cellular ‘5G frequencies’ (higher frequencies) cannot even penetrate a piece of glass. As much a s 95% of cellular 5G frequencies are up to 100x worse at penetrating walls, glass, and buildings.

Final word: Technology always changing. What is best today might not remain best tomorrow…2G, 3G, 4G, 5G…..?