5G - what is it, and do we need it?

Tom Allen
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Here's the reality behind the 5G hype

Every year, just before Mobile World Congress in February, Computing is deluged with news about 5G technology (this year, just before the tech was trialled at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, wa...

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