When you get as many 5G-oriented press releases as I do, especially around the time of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, you’ll hear all sorts of claims, many dubious. Those claims are frequently absurd, often wrong and sometimes propose violations of the laws of physics. Mostly, though, they’re simply self-serving marketing blather.
Unfortunately, some of those claims have hit the media so often that people believe them. For example, now that 5G is arriving, we should expect instant access to vast stores of knowledge, no matter where we are. We should be doing augmented reality as we walk along every street.