China Is Way Ahead In Super-Speedy Wireless 5G Deployment

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmarkman/2018/10/29/why-china-is-way-ahead-in-super-speedy-wireless-5g-deployment/#578160684237"Several telco hardware-makers have demonstrated download speeds of 10 gigabits per second. That’s a 1,000-times improvement over 4G. Latency will shrink to 1 millisecond, from the current LTE standard of 50 milliseconds. Network capacity will improve, too.It will mean connected and self-driving vehicles. It will bring true broadband to remote locations. Virtual reality and the mobile internet will blossom with fast, always-on, always-connected, real-time experiences. Factories will benefit from ubiquitous sensors and networked smart robots.The Chinese have spent $24 billion to build 350,000 new cell towers since 2015. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is forecasting an investment of $411 billion through 2030. For comparison, since 2015, only 30,000 towers were constructed in the U.S. via /r/tech https://ift.tt/2Ddl5D8