5G hasn’t yet hit its stride, but 6G is already on the horizon


To be clear, there is no need to look for a 6G phone now. — Pixabay

It is an immutable rule of the tech world that once something becomes widely used, better technology will come along. In the mobile space, 5G is just coming of age, but the companies that power telecom providers are already laying the groundwork for 6G communications.

That might seem ridiculously early, especially since 5G really hasn’t hit its full stride yet, but it’s actually right on time. The first 3G networks appeared in 2001 – and while those speeds seem almost archaic to us today, they were lightning fast at the turn of the century. By 2009, 4G made its debut, and telecom companies began switching over to that. 5G entered the scene at the end of 2018.

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