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What Does 5G Change for Users?
Listen in as Joshua Ness addresses the common question of what practical benefits 5G offers beyond faster movie downloads. As we push the boundaries of what’s possible, the emergence of 5G is positioned as a pivotal development to unlock new and exciting capabilities for a connected society.
5G's Role in Closing the Digital Divide
In this minisode, Joshua Ness discusses leveraging advanced connectivity, particularly 5G, to bridge the digital divide. Strategies involve targeted 5G deployments, ensuring equitable access to underrepresented areas such as educational institutions, museums, rural areas and schools.
Faster Emergency Services with Network Slicing
Did you know that 5G has the ability to allocate dedicated slices of bandwidth in the airwaves and network for various specific uses? Joshua Ness explains this technology and its potential to greatly benefit first responders by ensuring reliable connectivity, and its ability to open opportunities for tailored connectivity solutions across sectors like defense, gaming, and consumer applications, thus optimizing performance and user experiences.
The End of the Cell Phone as We Know It
Challenging our conventional understanding of phones and their limitations, Joshua Ness questions how we truly interact with these devices – looking at them, listening, talking, touching – and suggests breaking down these components for a more dynamic experience. Watch this video of Ness exploring emerging technologies like head-mounted displays for augmented and virtual reality and emphasizing the convergence of connectivity, devices, and applications.
"5G, with its ultra reliability and its low latency and its high bandwidth allows businesses and organizations to really begin exploring how to maximize efficiencies; how to reduce costs, how to not necessarily replace workers, but allow them to do different things."
Joshua Ness
Emerging Technology Director, Formerly Verizon 5G Labs
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