5G Technology: Fastest internet is going to land in Pakistan soon.

Before the launch of 3G in Pakistan, most people did not bother to get internet packages. Loading something as little as a picture on Facebook on edge would take a good minute at least! These days, though, you probably can’t go a day without using 3G on your cell phone. If you have a smart phone, you probably also have cellular data, in the form of 3G or the less frequently used, much faster, 4G. First 2G, then 3G and 4G; what’s next? The answer is something even faster than 4G, and that is 5G. 

5G technology, which stands for fifth generation cellular wireless technology, offers internet connectivity speeds faster than they’ve ever been before. It is not fully launched yet, with worldwide release expected by 2020. But just how fast is 5G going to be? It is expected to be nearly a thousand times faster than 4G, with an average data rate of 1 Gbps (gigabits per second). That means that you could potentially download an entire movie in under a second! US mobile carriers such as AT&T and Verizon are already testing 5G in some cities, with some getting speeds as high as 6 Gbps.  

While it is exciting to think about a time with such great data speeds, bear in mind that the time is far yet to come. Each carrier and hardware manufacturer has in mind their own way to move forward with 5G. It is expected that 5G will have a full worldwide roll out by 2020, but the coverage for 5G will be far fewer than that of 3G or even 4G. And while the rest of the world ultimately tries to catch up to the 5G standard with their hardware and network advancements, we will still have to wait as we did for 3G to grace our beloved country.