The search for 5G’s ‘killer apps’
Financial Times February 6, 2022
What might the fifth-generation network eventually offer that its predecessors could not?
It has been three years since a Chinese surgeon performed liver surgery 30 miles from his animal patient, using a 5G telecoms network to control robotic arms.
At the time, the possibilities of 5G — the fifth-generation mobile network — may have seemed endless. But carriers now face an uphill battle to convince customers that it can offer something tangible and new to their...