The focus of the wireless industry in 2019 has been heavily on cellular technologies because of the first deployments of 5G networks in markets like the USA and South Korea. These events have, perhaps inevitably, sparked discussion about ‘standard wars’. Will 5G make Wi-Fi (and other unlicensed spectrum technologies) redundant, especially when it is standardized for unlicensed bands itself? Or conversely, is 5G too late, and facing an uphill battle to unseat Wi-Fi in the enterprise and hotspot markets on which its business case often rests?
Such discussions miss the point which stakeholders in all areas of the communications industry repeatedly make.
