The faster 5G network coming soon

With the first 5G-ready smartphones expected to be released in 2019, mobile phone operators are gearing up to test the new super-fast network 


COMPARISON		4G	5G
Latency			10	1	millisecond(s)
Data traffic		7.2	50	exabytes/month*
Available spectrum	3	30	GHz
Connection density	0.1	1	million connections/km2


WHERE 5G IS LOCATED
3kHz 30kHz 300kHz 3MHz 30MHz 300MHz 3GHz 30GHz 300GHz

VLF		LF	MF	HF	VHF	UHF	SHF	EHF
Very low	Low	Medium	High	Very	Ultra	Super	Extremely

Maritime radio 		AM radio SW radio FM radio 3G/4G Wi-Fi 	Satellites


Electromagnetic spectrum: 5G will occupy clutter-free areas around 3G/4G
(European allocations shown – Sub 1GHz, 1GHz-6GHz, above 6GHz)
COUNTRIES FIELD TESTING OR RESEARCHING 5G
Field testing
Researching

MOBILE NETWORK EVOLUTION

Year 	Generation	Maximum			Data transfer	Time to download
			data speed †		per second †	full HD movie ‡
1979	1G		none (voice only)	n/a		n/a
1991	2G		14.4 Kbps		1.8K		Over a month
2000	2.5G		53.6 Kbps		6.7K		Over a week
2001	3G		384 Kbps		48K		Over a day
2010	4G		100 Mbps		12.5MB		7 minutes
2020	5G		1 Gbps			125MB		40 seconds


*1 exabyte = 1 billion gigabytes 
†Theoretically possible 
‡5GB file size


Sources: Wired, 5G, Qorvo, European Commission 
Picture: Marvel
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