5G And Edge Computing: What They Are And Why You Should Care
zdnet, Friday, December 22,2023
ZDNET's David Gewirtz takes a deep dive into 5G and edge computing. Yes, 5G comes with your phone. But how is it really being used? And what can it enable us to do? We have answers, so dig in.
Picture our techscape before 2005 and then our technology environment today. We are living in a totally mobile-first world that relies on the fact that nearly everyone has a smartphone. Entire industries have changed, been enabled, and been disrupted, all because of the smartphone.
Each mobile G generation has changed our world. Substantially. Universally. So when we look at 5G now, which is just barely getting started, we're looking at more than another telecom technology. We're looking at the harbinger of another massive change to the world we live in.