As the future of 5G networks slowly becomes a reality this year, with Verizon rollouts of commercial 5G networks in Chicago and Minneapolis, we will start to see hints of its true potential coming to fruition. But while studies predict 1 billion worldwide 5G users by 2023, what these hyped stats don’t convey is that we are still far off from actually feeling the widespread implementation of 5G.
Today’s existing infrastructure is not yet ready to host 5G networks – and while tech companies debate when we will get there, we’re also faced with the question of how.