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Technology Untangled

5G: Build it, but will they come?

Technology Untangled

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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5.069 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

5G has got a bit of marketing problem. Depending on who you ask, it's either a revolution happening in the telecommunications space or a load of hot air! Networking kit has never been so divisive, whether it's fear-mongering vandals tearing down cell towers, rumours about governmental espionage, or skepticism about the astronomical costs of implementation. So, is 5G worth the hassle?

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0:00.0

5G has got a little bit of a marketing problem.

0:07.1

I went to TwitchCon in September of 2019 and I met a ton of professional streamers.

0:13.5

And as soon as I revealed that I was from the telco world, I was flooded with like,

0:18.0

when is 5G coming?

0:23.0

You see, depending on who you ask, 5G is either a revolution that's happening in a telecommunication space,

0:30.9

or it's just a load of hot air.

0:35.0

Well, I'm a skeptic.

0:36.0

You know, the challenges that we have is finding the right use cases that are going to underpin

0:42.3

the deployment of this type of technology.

0:44.3

And when you ask a couple of chief technologists.

0:48.3

So in a nutshell, what is 5G and how does it work?

0:52.3

So in a nutshell, um...

0:56.4

Sound despite you work.

0:57.8

So, um, if you think about, um...

1:01.3

Trying to put that into a nutshell.

1:03.4

And that's where today's episode begins, because yes, we've had mobile phones for years

1:08.2

and we spend more time on them than ever.

1:12.2

But we don't often think about what's going on with the underlying technology.

1:18.1

Most people think of a telecommunications network as being like electricity.

1:23.5

You turn your phone on, it connects to quote unquote the internet and it just works.

1:28.7

Well, actually, there's a whole bunch of complex componentary that lives between your mobile

1:35.8

phone and the internet.

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