How 5G will change everything without changing anything

5G is the newest buzzword in the telecom industry.   All press releases from the telecom industry seem to have the term 5G attached to it somewhere.  But what exactly is 5G and what new technology or applications it will bring? Let see;  You might think that 5G is what comes after 4G, the current mobile data network technology that provides mobile Internet to a vast number of users worldwide; and yes you are partly right.  

4G is a term developed by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to identify and market the Data services using technology that provides mobile speeds up to 100 mbps. 

So 5G is the term coined to follow 4G with the latest mobile technology and service definitions proposed by the ITU.  But there’s a new kid on the block, the definition of 5G also includes fixed wireless service, or in simple terms Broadband service provided to homes and businesses using wireless technology.  

5G Tower would serve Mobile, Home and Business

Defining Fixed Wireless service under the 5G standard is a innovative move by the standard body and we should look at it in detail.  Recent developments in the industry have brought to light the high cost of deploying fiber. 

5 Years ago fiber was all the rage, Google Fiber being on the spearhead of all fiber related news.  Now 2017, most, if not all, Service Providers are either evaluating or testing some sort of wireless technology to provide gigabit connectivity to the home; they have realized that fiber works, but its EXPENSIVE and SLOW to deploy. Wireless in the other hand has demonstrated that it can be deployed quickly and cost effectively. 

Posible 5G Equipment

So this takes us back to our original premise, 5G will change everything without changing anything.  Why? Because before the big service providers started to even think about using wireless technology to reach the last mile, there has been a group of smaller service providers doing so all across the world.

Wireless Internet ServiceProviders or WISP have been connecting users since the early dawn of wireless data protocols, even before WIFI. What started as individuals hacking together pieces of equipment and antennas to serve a block of users have evolved into a solid industry that currently serve a large percent of connected users around the globe and continues to evolve with the same grit and passion that those early WISP trailblazers did in the last century.

5G is here and it will change the way we connect to the world, some aspects of it will be new others just an evolution of what’s already here, but certainly WISPs will be there to connect you all the way.

Ill be following this post with more details of 5G development including technical and business related information, please make sure to follow!