5G heralds driverless cars

Carmakers, telecom firms explore uses of next-generation communication system

Visualize this seemingly futuristic scenario: you set out in your car for a long-distance trip. Only, you don't sit behind the wheel to drive.

Instead, you sit there to square up against a computer in a game of chess on the display screen on the dashboard. While you ponder and plot your moves, your electric self-driving car, too, makes its moves on the road.