Dan Strumpf5G technology has brought faster connections, better gadgets—and a measure of disappointment from people with expectations of something closer to world-changing technology. But just wait, mobile companies are saying: TheThis next iteration of 5G, which the mobile companies are calling “5G Advanced” or “5.5G,” is expected to be rolled out by around 2025.
For consumers, the upgrades may bring faster connection speeds—something that many parts of the world need. But everyday users may not see many more applications than that, say experts and industry officials. The real advance is that the technology will finally help facilitate more of the far-fetched business applications that 5G initially promised, like self-driving cars, autonomous drones and self-operating factories.