What is 5G?

5G is the fifth generation of mobile wireless technology and an evolution of the current 4G LTE network. In 5G, data speeds will be 10 to 100 times faster than 4G and can provide up to 10Gbps. The 4G LTE offers a commercial speed of 1Gbps speed (home) and 300Mbps (mobile) in the UAE. Initially, 5G will have a speed of around 1.5Gbps by end of this year and 5Gbps by next year.

While 4G offers a latency of 15-20 milliseconds, 5G’s would be one millisecond and benefit verticals such as autonomous vehicles, healthcare, virtual reality and augmented reality. Just to give an example, downloading a movie that takes 10 minutes on 4G will take only a few seconds on 5G. Due to higher bandwidth, more users and devices can be connected at the same time without any degradation.