5G development is well and truly underway. Carriers have been testing and developing the technology for some time now, and Verizon even recently announced that it has finished putting the final touches on the specifications for its 5G radio. The only thing missing? The Federal Communications Commission.
But not anymore. The FCC has unanimously voted to approve a plan for implementing 5G in the U.S. — a plan that includes the designation of large bands of radio frequencies to 5G networks.
“I do believe this is one of the — if not the — most important decision this agency will make this year,” said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler during the voting proceedings.
Now that the FCC has voted on a plan, it can begin moving to actually implement that plan. Of course, there are a few things that need to happen before we can get 5G in the real world — first of all, as mentioned, the FCC will need to designate bands of radio waves to
It’s still not known exactly what 5G will do. Verizon has said that it will deliver ‘multi-gigabit per second speeds,’ however the carrier didn’t get more specific than that. Still, multi-gigabit per second speeds are a whole lot faster than the 4G LTE network we have now, which offers speeds at up to around 50Mbps.
It’s important to keep in mind that this new vote doesn’t mean we’ll have 5G tomorrow. It will take at least a few years before
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