The most common feedback I hear about 5G goes something like this: “I just don’t get how they will make a business case” or “There’s no way it will scale!”
Carriers and vendors are spending huge to densify their networks and they are betting on a great return. Traditional wireless internet won’t do the job alone. Verizon is launching a fixed wireless offering and banking on verticals to produce the ROI they need.
Here’s a great article that delves into a little more detail:
“latency is the killer feature. It’s the real hero. The things that make it interesting are the new applications that will be enabled through lower latency.” Lindsay Notwell
https://www.rcrwireless.com/20180827/5g/edge-enterprise-5g