Mobile World Congress: Come 5G Internet still 2016?

With 5G celebrating at MWC 2016 latest wireless standard its premiere. The German Telekom and Samsung demonstrated at the fair for the first time a 5G-transmitting smartphone to smartphone. In the US, first field tests have already begun.

Samsung is one of the pioneers in 5G transmissions.

In addition to new smartphones, the further development of mobile radio standards at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona plays a crucial role. Several companies present at the fair, according to PocketNow its development work in the field 5G Internet, so the successor to the current 4G transmission standard.

Telecom and Samsung show first 5G transmission

One of the great pioneers in the development of 5G transmissions include, for example, the US network operator Verizon and the technology company Ericsson, Nokia, Intel and Qualcomm. but is really interesting cooperation between Samsung and Deutsche Telekom. Both companies have demonstrated the world's first 5G transmission via the mobile Internet from smartphone to smartphone in Barcelona.

two Samsung smartphones were used for between which data were exchanged in ultrafast speed of more than 1.5 gigabits per second. In this example, a 4K video without delays could be transferred from one phone to another. In addition, the devices were able to track the movements of a robot arm from different perspectives accurately.

US network operators assume Vorreiterrolle

The smart phones that were used for the test, it was, however, not to current production models of Samsung, but specially developed models with special antennas. But not only the Telekom is currently testing the first 5G transmissions. In the US mobile operator Verizon has for example already begun to carry out field testing. Again, Samsung has as hardware partners on board. Other network operators such as AT & T will also record this year to test mode.

For end users, it could happen very quickly at the end. When it comes to Verizon, the first 5G services should already be available in 2017. German network operators currently expect the fact that this country 2020 first 5G networks will be widely available.