ITU Defines 5G Network, Plans First Demos for 2018 Olympics

In San Diego last week, the International Telecommunication Union agreed on a definition for the 5G network requirement in addition to a schedule to commercialize the technology by 2020. ITU “has decided to define 5G as a network which is capable of transmitting data at up to 20 gigabits-per-second,” reports The Korea Times. “This means that users can download one ultra high-definition movie in 10 seconds. The 5G network will also have a capacity to provide more than 100 megabits-per-second average data transmission to over one million Internet of Things devices within 1 square kilometer.” IMT-2020 (the official name of the network) will be demonstrated at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

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