You'll get 5G services at the office before you do on your phone


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 27 Feb 2019

A woman looks at her mobile phone next to a 5G sign at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Samsung Electronics Co and Huawei Technologies Co may have unveiled 5G smartphones for consumers in the past week, but carriers expect business clients to lead the way in generating revenue from the latest wireless technology. 

Early fifth-generation services are first being tailored to corporations, according to Thaddeus Arroyo, head of AT&T Inc’s unit dedicated to business customers. Companies are demanding faster speeds in order to connect things from machines in factories to cars and entire hospitals, he added. 

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