What Is 5G & How Will It Change The World?

This video was uploaded to the YouTube channel Singularity Prosperity in June 2017.

In this video, we’ll be discussing 5G – more specifically, what it is and its ability to change our world!

5G is a core technology in establishing the digital infrastructure of the future and will be essential in how all of the over 50 billion mobile and connected devices by 2020 will communicate together!

[0:25-2:55] First we'll take a quick look at the history of mobile networks, and how they have evolved over the

years to present day.

[2:55-14:20] Following that, we'll focus on the technologies a 5G network is composed of and the improvements in speed,

latency, bandwidth and energy consumption they will bring.

[14:20-23:40] Finally, we'll discuss the transition process from 4G LTE networks to 5G as well as the timeframe for the release of 5G to the public.

The Singularity Prosperity is a YouTube channel for those who want to know more about the innovations being made across the world, understand the impact certain technologies will have on society, utilise technology as a tool to better their lives and work together towards building a post-scarcity society.

The world has been changing at an accelerating rate since the industrial revolution, and this rate of change is only bound to increase as various technologies begin to converge with their own respective exponential trends. These technologies include quantum computing, virtual reality and artificial intelligence.