Advantages of 5G
That said, 5G basically brings three new advantages and notable advancements over 4G-LTE.
So just how much faster will 5G be?
5G connections are set to be up to 3x those of 4G. The basic platform should begin with 450Mbps in single-stream, 900 Mbps for dual- channels and up to 1.3Gbps (three-stream). This is simply mind-boggling.
How soon shall we see 5G?
As has been the case with previous Generational advancements, a few changes have to be made first. The carriers have to upgrade their base stations and also put up a lot more of those to facilitate the higher throughput that 5G is capable of. We also need to get new devices that support the new platform. Already, chip manufacturers like Qualcomm have chips that support that level of speeds. OEMs, however, haven’t implemented those in their products so there might be no way of accessing 5G networks. At the moment, most parts of the world are only now starting to roll out 4G-LTE. It will be quite a while before we see our local carriers hoping onto the 5G hype-train.
