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The Light Reading crew debates which industries could experience the biggest economic benefits from 5G deployments, if 5G can be considered a 'green' technology, the connectivity challenges New York City faces in reducing the digital divide, and more.
The Coronavirus pandemic points to a compelling need for mobility, communications and faster data – both immediately and in the future. This blog explains the state of 5G today, corporate readiness and suggests practical steps executives should take to become 5G ready.
Bringing data to the edge means lower latency and improved user experience while reducing precious WAN bandwidth. It's an attractive proposition for enterprises looking to deliver on 5G's true potential.
Commercial 5G networks only just emerging. For enterprises, this is an awkward time. Clearly no one wants to miss out on the opportunity, but to date plenty of questions remain unanswered.
As the implementation of network virtualization has risen sharply in the last few years, organizations have included network slicing in the design and implementation of their virtualized infrastructure. Defining network slicing is an important precursor to any discussion on its capabilities and techniques for realization and management.
The potential of 5G has taken on new significance through the experience of confinement during the coronavirus pandemic. It has suddenly become obvious just how vital the communications infrastructure we often take for granted is to our lives.