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The Fourth Industrial Revolution?

It’s not often that you hear a new technology described as a “transformative enabler” or the start of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.” However, that is exactly the way the new 5G for mobile communication and data has been described at industry conferences and in the business and general press over the past two years or so. Starting in 2019, the gestation period for 5G is over; the rollout is now underway.

Because of that, the buzz over 5G will continue to get louder, and we want to make certain that you are able to hear through the noise and understand what it is all about.

By way of background, the current global standard for what is popularly called “cell phones” is 4G/4G LTE. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that the 4G nomenclature represents the fourth in a series of standards, and the new

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