Internet of Things Driving Move to 5G, 4G Americas Says

While many believe 5G networks will start to be deployed around 2020, much work remains to be done, 4G Americas said in a paper released Friday (http://bit.ly/12snKCu). The 5G networks will have to take into account the Internet of Things, the group said: “To support possibly billions of IoT devices, a wireless network infrastructure is needed that’s not only highly scalable in terms of its capacity, but can also optimally handle differing service needs of various IoT verticals.” There's also some consensus that since LTE and LTE-Advanced are still being deployed, “there is considerable life left in 4G,” 4G Americas said.