Who’s slowing down fast 5G? by Stella Walker

''Forget America’s opposition to Huawei. The real threat to 5G nirvana lies elsewhere.''

Pop the champagne! The 5G revolution is here!

This new generation of cellular networking technologies promises to usher in a world of better-than-gigabit downloads on mobile devices and enable next-generation autonomous vehicles, remote tele medicine and high-speed Io T devices.

The devices are here! Verizon shipped its Samsung Galaxy S10 5G smartphone this week. Huawei, LG, Xiaomi and Oneplus have announced 5G smartphone handsets, as have many smaller Chinese handset makers. Snap-on smartphone attachments and “puck” mobile hotspot products are also becoming available.

The networks are coming online! Internet metrics firm Ookla maintains an interactive map showing the locations of all the world’s 5G networks. New networks are reported on Ookla’s Twitter feed as they go online. According to the map, there are 303 5G networks already deployed around the world. (Interestingly, Switzerland, which has a population smaller than New York City’s, has more 5G networks than the rest of the world combined.)

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