Technology is developing at such a breakneck speed that before we even get used to a new product, something better arrives on the market. 5G is yet to roll out with parts of the world still reliant on 2G and 3G, yet 6G i.e., the sixth-generation wireless communications technologies supporting cellular data networks, is slated to transform the world further still.
For previous generations, the key differentiator was speed. 3G started getting close to landline broadband speeds, 4G gave a glimpse of the transformation possible but it is with 5G that we finally skip the debate about speed and jump to the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT world envisions a chip in almost everything and having these things communicate with each other.
5G brings fully autonomous, always connected self-driving cars into the realms of possibility. Vehicles on the roads have to ‘talk’ to each other in real-time, with speed while transmitting a ton of data back and forth via such networks. What 6G does – with speeds 8000 times faster than 5G – is make this flawless.
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