Samsung to Offer 5G Service by 2020

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/14/2013 07:45 AM | source: | 7 comment(s)

That's proclaimed to be up to tens of gigabits per second ! Samsung Electronics Corporation has developed the next generation wireless technology, it was announced today. Samsung has developed the core technology for the world's first 5G network which the company says will be ready for users in 2020.

The new wireless technology will enable customers to access a stream of data faster than the current fourth-generation network and download an entire movie in less than a second, the world's largest smartphone maker said.

Under the new platform, users can download and upload data at speeds of up to tens of gigabits per second (Gbps), compared to 75 megabits per second (Mbps) posted by the fourth-generation long-term evolution (LTE) service.

Samsung Electronics said it has successfully tested the platform using the 28 Gigahertz (GHz) waveband to transmit data at a speed of 1 Gbps, which earlier had been considered as a conundrum by global industry players.

The tech giant said it used 64 antenna elements to overcome the issue, which allowed the device to exchange real-time signals under the platform. Samsung plans to make the service available to consumers by 2020, it added.

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#4596330 Posted on: 05/14/2013 06:52 PM

I would still love to know the logic behind this. Why on earth would you ever need 5G? Maybe by 2020 it will be relevant, but I kind of doubt it.

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#4596337 Posted on: 05/14/2013 06:56 PM

I would still love to know the logic behind this. Why on earth would you ever need 5G? Maybe by 2020 it will be relevant, but I kind of doubt it.

Less time buffering your pron collection :banana:

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#4596493 Posted on: 05/14/2013 09:28 PM

I would still love to know the logic behind this. Why on earth would you ever need 5G? Maybe by 2020 it will be relevant, but I kind of doubt it.

Who would ever need electric lights, candles are awesome.

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#4596536 Posted on: 05/14/2013 10:19 PM

Less time buffering your pron collection :banana:

This, especially the 4K Porn that will be around by then.

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#4596548 Posted on: 05/14/2013 10:34 PM

I just wonder how much heat would the phones be generating using such high frequencies*.
Also a bit concerned about the range.

*) and no, I'm not talking about the CPU or SoC's frequency.

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#4596569 Posted on: 05/14/2013 11:00 PM

I'm sorry I just don't see it. If you want to do anything worth using 5G, you'll eat up your whole data amount in a matter of moments. I'm just not a big data user so I guess I don't get it, but I don't see the point unless the data caps are raised substantially.

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#4596815 Posted on: 05/15/2013 07:32 AM

Better to improve the 3G coverage first.
In my area, it's total krap.

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