A much-vaunted first demonstration of a 5G cellular network became a disappointment at a Hawaii technology summit, as the network was nowhere near as fast as expected. Ericsson, which set up networks for Verizon and AT&T at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit, said they had only a short time to install a 100 MHz spectrum. The company is now working with other companies on an effort called “Project Loon,” in which it will try to build out its own network. All the 5G firms at the conference admitted that speeds were slow.
A much-vaunted first demonstration of a 5G cellular network became a disappointment at a Hawaii technology summit, as the network was nowhere near as fast as expected. Ericsson, which set up networks for Verizon and AT&T at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit, said they had only a short time to install a 100 MHz spectrum. That compared to the expected 5G spectrum of 400-800 MHz in a what a company representative called “the real world”, while a second said speeds should improve. All the 5G firms at the conference admitted that speeds were slow.