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How 5G will drive connected cars, massive machine communications, augmented reality and much more

GATINEAU – What is 5G and what will be the new killer application driving 5G network adoption? Those were two of the main questions that a number of speakers at the Wireless World Research Forum’s (WWRF) 5G Huddle conference in Gatineau last week attempted to answer.As was noted many times during the event about new wireless networks, the applications that end up dominating and driving usage tend to have not yet been conceived when new networks begin rollout. Take SMS on 2G networks and video streaming on 4G networks, the application that will be the define 5G isn’t likely known...