So 5G isn’t just 4G with a new high-speed air link interface. It’s the next step toward the mobile broadband connected society of the future. It needs to support tomorrow’s services using a range of different connectivity and provide unprecedented scalability – not just of bandwidth but also of connections and devices. Because tomorrow’s world will be focused on connecting things as much or more than connecting people, or even people to things. ITU describes the current situation by saying that “systems, technologies, and architectures supporting mobile broadband continue to evolve to improve on spectrum efficiency and utilization. They are adopting new deployment architectures which help but are not the total solution.” They continue to state that operators “must continue to seek new ways to advance the capabilities and push out the boundaries of the technology.” The agency adds that this “requires adequate spectrum if these society benefits are to continue.” 5G plays a key part in ensuring that we can keep going down the road we’re headed
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