5G technology is more than about high speed

One after another, telecommunications giants such as Huawei, Samsung and Qualcomm have announced their latest fifth generation (5G) products with Huawei's Mate X and Samsung's Galaxy Fold attracting most eyeballs.

The telecom giants have also claimed that 5G technology would be used on a massive scale by 2020, prompting some analysts to say the "5G epoch" is coming. Yet, when reporting about 5G, many domestic media outlets have described it as a "much faster" technology than 4G without mentioning any of its other advantages. As a result, the common public perception about 5G is that they could "download a high-density movie within one second". Beyond that, most people know nothing about 5G.

Actually, 5G technology has many more advantages than 4G apart from speed. According to the criteria of 3GPP, an international standardization organization, 5G technology can be used for at least three purposes - for massive machine type of communication, ultra-reliable and low-latency communication, and enhanced mobile broadband. If these terms sound too technical, consider them to mean connecting everything, reliability of connections, and eliminating delays.