15 Things Every Business Must Know About 5G

15 Things Every Business
Must Know About 5G

© 2019 Bernard Marr, Bernard Marr & Co. All rights reserved
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5G is here — but it's also not here. And it is still coming.
This can be a little confusing.
Every U.S. carrier has launched some form of 5G network, and many European carriers
have as well, but what exactly is it? And why should we care?
Here are 15 things every business owner must know about 5G as it rolls out into wider
availability and use:
15 Things Every Business Must
Know About 5G

15 things every business owner must
know about 5G
5G stands for fifth-generation cellular wireless.
5G will bring three main improvements to your cellular connection: larger
channels to speed up your connection, lower latency for faster
responsiveness, and the ability to connect many more devices at once.
The actual 5G radio system is different from the 4G system, which means
that coverage maps are different. Where current carriers are relying on 4G
and 5G, this can mean outages where the two don’t overlap.

know about 5G
5G uses three different wave spectrums — low, middle, and high. Low
band right now is about the same as 4G. Mid-band is the most commonly
used in countries outside the U.S. And high band is the really new stuff;
they’re very short-range frequencies, requiring more towers, but blazingly
fast.
The first all-band 5G phones are set to debut in 2020; current phones only
use one band, so consumers are forced to choose.
How fast? Speeds will be 10 to 100 times faster than 4G. At these speeds,
you could download a full-length feature film in seconds.

know about 5G
Some people are worried about potential health risks from 5G because it
uses higher band, shorter frequency electromagnetic radiation. However,
there is no scientific evidence that these radio waves will constitute a
health risk.
5G networks will have to be much smarter than previous networks,
because they will need to manage more cells that can change size and
shape to provide those faster speeds.
5G home and business internet has the potential to be much faster than
existing 4G internet and much easier for carriers to offer than laying fiber
optic cable to every street and every building.

know about 5G
The business potential for 5G is still in its infancy, but any business that
would benefit from high-resolution, fast streaming video will certainly be
affected. It will also enable industrial automation and driverless vehicles
that interact with other cars and even the roads themselves.
Because it can accept so many more devices, 5G may also usher in a boom
in smart devices and smart sensors.
With these new networks comes new data, and that signals opportunities
for better machine learning and artificial intelligence systems.

know about 5G
For the first time, mobile networks will be a true replacement for wired
networks, which may allow businesses to set up satellite offices in
previously unreachable locations. It will also make working on the go —
from planes, trains, and automobiles — much faster and more reliable.
The biggest change 5G is predicted to bring to phones is the ability to do
more with virtual reality and augmented reality, which provide their own
business opportunities.
Of course, with the advent of any new technology, there will be costs to
upgrade hardware that will likely be more expensive than current models.
Businesses that want to take advantage of what 5G will have to offer
should start budgeting for those upgrades now.

know about 5G
It might still be several years before 5G is fully rolled out, businesses would be wise to
start preparing for the change today. This might include costs for upgrading hardware, but
also potential opportunities that will open up with gigabit speeds. Regardless, the
companies that are prepared for 5G will be poised to reap the biggest benefits.
To learn more about 5G, have a look at my conversations with Paul Scanlon from Huawei.
In this first video, I talk to Paul about 5G and why it is not dangerous:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/5991955/video/378263259
And in this conversation, we talk about the business impact of 5G:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/5991955/video/383780022

© 2017 Bernard Marr , Bernard Marr & Co. All rights reserved
Bernard Marr is an internationally best-selling author, popular keynote speaker, futurist, and a
strategic business & technology advisor to governments and companies. He helps
organisations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and
understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data,
blockchains, and the Internet of Things.
LinkedIn has ranked Bernard as one of the world’s top 5 business influencers. He is a frequent
contributor to the World Economic Forum and writes a regular column for Forbes. Every day
Bernard actively engages his 1.5 million social media followers and shares content that
reaches millions of readers.
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© 2017 Bernard Marr , Bernard Marr & Co. All rights reserved
Bernard Marr is an internationally best-selling author, popular keynote speaker, futurist, and a
strategic business & technology advisor to governments and companies. He helps
organisations improve their business performance, use data more intelligently, and
understand the implications of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data,
blockchains, and the Internet of Things.
LinkedIn has ranked Bernard as one of the world’s top 5 business influencers. He is a frequent
contributor to the World Economic Forum and writes a regular column for Forbes. Every day
Bernard actively engages his 1.5 million social media followers and shares content that
reaches millions of readers.
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Website

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