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5G market advantages

5G market advantages

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5G market advantages

- [Narrator] When we face a leap in technology, it's common to wildly speculate about the meaning of the coming leap. We love big stories with big consequences. The arrival of 5G is just such a story generator. Since we can know what constraints 5G will remove, we are compelled to imagine the consequences of its arrival. In order to filter out wild speculation and focus on market advantages specifically, I will adopt what Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg calls the eight currencies of 5G. You can review his presentation at the link on your screen. The first two currencies are throughput and service deployment. These first two refer to the speed we considered last chapter, as well as the services enabled by such an increase in data rate. Mr. Vestberg indicates 5G is the enabling network for the true Internet of Things and augmented reality, as well as operational change in manufacturing, retail, transportation, utilities, and…

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