This article was adapted from Climate Tech Weekly, a free newsletter focused on climate technologies.
Grab your mobile phone because I’d like to begin this essay by conducting some random reader research. It involves peeking at your cellular data connection to see what network it’s riding on. As I wind my way up San Francisco’s East Bay via Amtrak while writing this article, I’m receiving a strong 5G signal.
What about you? While I can’t say the same when I roam close to home in New Jersey, the latest deployment of 5G wireless networks has accelerated faster than expected over the past year — especially in China and North America — to cover an estimated 2 billion people by the end of 2021. According to equipment provider Ericsson, which published its latest update on adoption in November, 5G will reach 75 percent of the world’s population and 62 percent of global smartphone traffic by 2027.
What is this mysterious acronym? It stands for the "fifth generation" of broadband wireless, a technology that promises lower latency and higher capacity than the current generation (aka 4G). It is widely seen as a big catalyst for pushing the internet of things more mainstream and connecting all manner of devices along the way — from smart meters to agricultural sensors to next-generation industrial equipment.
Of course, Ericsson has a vested interest in telling us things are going great (after all, it sells wireless networking gear), but various business management consultancies are...
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