Networking opportunities: Who are the main beneficiaries of the 5G revolution?

Key tech sectors worth keeping an eye on

5G is the key technology to a more connected world. It is set to both facilitate and accelerate the development and adoption of innovative technologies.

Over the past decade, the development of new applications such as the smartphone, social media and video streaming have been supported by the deployment of 4G networks.  While 4G was a notable improvement on 3G, 5G has been engineered to be optimised for a data-centric network, rather than a voice-centric network with a data overlay. The initial rollouts of 5G have begun already and will likely take several years to complete at a significant cost to the mobile telecommunications service providers.  Living in a digital age: Keeping up with the fast pace of technology Meanwhile, w...