2022
CONNECTIVITY AND BEYOND
Today , 5G is available across Europe , APAC , the US and beyond . In May 2022 , an Ofcom report also estimated with “ high to very high confidence ” that 5G reached around half of all outdoor premises in the UK . The service promises to fundamentally transform data collection and delivery on a global scale
2001
3G ARRIVES
3G introduced the concept of wireless connections . Japan was the first country to sign up , with services available from October 2001 . 3G users were introduced to the joys of location-based services , mobile TV , video conferencing and videos on demand
2012
4G
A decade on , 4G brought faster download and upload speeds , provided the innovation for video streaming platforms within the home and on the go ( in anticipation , Netflix launched its first mobile responsive app in 2011 )
2019
SOUTH KOREA CONNECTS
South Korea , as the birthplace of Samsung , experimented with the very first 5G towers and receivers , rolling it out across its major towns and cities
2016
GOOGLE PLANS 5G NETWORK
Although the technology had been in the pipeline for some time , Google announced in 2016 that it was developing a 5G network called SkyBender . In December 2016 , a 5G emulator was opened in Basingstoke , UK to enable local businesses to access 5G as an experimental pilot scheme
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