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“ Despite years of discussion , 5G use cases themselves are still in the early stages of implementation and 5.5G is currently being socialised by a very small number of vendors ”
SALLY BAMENT VP OF PRODUCT MARKETING , CLOUD AND SP , JUNIPER NETWORKS
6G will be 5G , but more so . Even higher speeds , lower latency and masses of bandwidth . Researchers and scientists are talking about how the technology will go beyond a ‘ wired ’ network , with the connected devices acting as antennas using a decentralised network and not under the control of a single network operator . If everything connects using 5G , 6G will set the connected devices free , because higher data speeds and lower latency make instant device-to-device connection possible .
“ In terms of speed , there are no current indications in difference because of the early research phases , but you could take the theory that 6G will be targeting 1Tbps . That is if you consider 4G ’ s speeds are up to 100Mbps , which is more than 20 times faster than 3G and then 5G could be somewhere between 1 and 10Gbps . Again , however this is theoretical as in real life situations , depending on factors like distances from cell tower , weather etc , this is not always achievable . And , of course , it is too early to tell at the moment ,” comments Oliver Rowe , founder and CEO of Fusion Communications , which partners with the likes of O2 , Vodafone and EE .
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