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Global Future Council on New Network Technologies 5G: Society’s Essential Innovation Technology
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Many challenges faced by society today will be addressed and supported by advanced technologies that are able to harness, analyse, and connect massive datasets. One of these will be fifth-generation mobile networks, or 5G, which will provide a new foundational communications capability that brings humans and devices into a common orbit built around distributed, near-instantaneous interactions. By bringing the power of computing closer to data sources through 5G networks, previously unsolvable problems can now become a reality.
- Issues:
- Energy, Technological innovation
- Region:
- Global
- Year Published:
- 2020
- Institution:
- World Economic Forum