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5G Hype vs. Reality: Key Insights to Help Optimize 6G’s Launch (Download)

Sept. 19, 2024
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It’s been a while since I posted any analyst columns or op-eds on 5G. Now that 5G has matured and all of the fluff is gone, I think the time has come for a real assessment of why 5G didn’t seem to gain real traction early on. I hope that the industry will learn, finally, and not make the same mistake with 6G.

I’m usually the last person to say “I told ya so.” While it’s generally considered more mature and humbler to refrain from saying that, there are certainly moments when it feels warranted to acknowledge that one’s insights are correct. Since I’ve been doing this for nearly three decades, if I can’t get it right by now, I need to hang up my keyboard.

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