The 5G Race Is On, Now That The Technology Is Almost Ready
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With most of the final touches in place, companies will start mass-producing chips to get superfast phones in your hands by 2019.
Fifth-generation wireless, aka 5G, is on its way from theoretical to almost reality, now that engineers have finalized the technical standards for a major part of it. That means companies like Intel, Qualcomm, and Samsung can start mass-producing the chips that will power faster cellular connections in phones by 2019 and a host of other devices, such cars and drones, in the following years.