What is wireless Technology?

Wireless technology is in no way a new idea or concept. The implementation of wireless technology can be found starting from “Zero Generation” (0G), which was used post WWII, around the 1970’s. While zero generation was wireless technology, this was technology before cell phones were invented. Instead they had things such as Push to talk, or Mobile Telephone systems. However, with the coming of the first generation of wireless technology that cellphones were invented. Although, these cell phones were nothing like the kinds of devices in today’s world, they could essentially only call. However, this would change as the second and third generations came about. The second generation utilized digital signals, rather than analog signals, which allowed for over 25 times faster speeds, as well as increased bandwidth. With the third generation came better communication services, internet access, and location-based services. This was how wireless technology for consumers was in the past, however, the fourth generation is the technology allowed to consumers in the present day. This is the 4G or LTE that we all see on our smart phones when not connected to Wi-Fi, it allows for high speed portable internet roaming, instantaneous messaging/communication, program streaming, and so much more.

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How can 5G help?

The reason why 5G is so important, is because we as humans have made wireless technology to be such an important tool in our lives. That important business call that needs to be made, talking to a loved one, or even just texting a friend to see how they’re doing are all ways we use wireless technology to assist in our social life. It doesn’t stop there, essentially any device we use that transmits data and doesn’t have a wire, is considered wireless technology. So the TV remotes, GPS, mouse and keyboards can all be considered part of wireless tech as well. The majority of smart phones that are purchased nowadays can perform at the speed of around 50 mbps. According to Connor Jones, who wrote a piece in the IT Pro scholarly journal, there was already a showcase of 5G’s magnificent speed in Chicago, of a Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone, hitting speeds over 1Gbps on Verizon’s 5G network. This is over 950 mbps faster than 4G, a type of portable data speed any average consumer could only imagine being in the movies, and not at their very own fingertips.