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It feels like we have been talking about the fifth generation of mobile technology (5G) for years. Now, with the first commercial roll-outs expected in the next 12 to 24 months, we are on the verge of finding out if it has all been worth the wait.
Most of the talk around the much-heralded capabilities of 5G – a massive increase in mobile network capacity, lightning fast connection speeds, ultra low latency – has been around how an entirely new generation of devices will be able to take advantage of wireless data connectivity. From industrial IoT machinery to autonomous vehicles, smart city infrastructure to personal computers that swap wired broadband for cellular, 5G is heralded as the technology which will take connectivity to new and unimagined levels.
It isn’t just in terms of the possibilities for connecting a huge range of new devices in vast numbers that 5G is causing excitement. In the software development world, too, 5G is big news. For a start, all of that additional connected hardware – all of the IoT sensors, all of the new consumer and commercial gadgets – will need applications to run on them.