Curb your 5G enthusiasm [Internet of Everything]
Stacey Higginbotham · IEEE Spectrum · 2018
JUST LIKE GRAPHENE or Elon Musk's startups, 5G has become a technology savior. Proponents tout the poorly defined wireless technology as the path to virtual reality, telemedicine, and self-driving cars. But 5G is not a technology-it's a buzzword unleashed by marketing departments. As early as 2012, Broadcom was using it to sell Wi-Fi. In reality, 5G is a term that telecommunications investors and executives sling around as the solution to high infrastructure costs, the need for more bandwidth, and a desire to boost margins.