Browsing: Advantages of 5G network

• Kenya’s Safaricom has launched 5G Wi-fi, more than a year after it announced it was conducting trials for the world’s fastest network
• Safaricom said 5G network was now available to its customers, who would benefit from super-fast internet at home and work
• The availability of the network would empower customers in 5G-ready areas with fast and reliable internet connectivity for their homes and businesses

Safaricom has launched 5G Wi-fi in selected Kenyan towns, more than a year after it announced it was conducting trials for the world’s fastest network.

On Thursday, October 27, Safaricom said 5G network was now available to its customers, who would benefit from super-fast internet at home and work.

The fifth-generation network would also complement the telco’s growing fibre network.

Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa said the availability of the network would empower customers in 5G-ready areas with fast and reliable internet connectivity for their homes and …

• 5G is the world’s fifth generation of wireless technology
• The network is superior to other networks and is up to 100 times faster than 4G
• There have been no adverse health effects linked to exposure to wireless technologies 

Kenya and many other countries around the world are currently working on availing the 5G network for their citizens.

The network, which is the fifth generation of cellular networks, is already being implemented in the East African nation, even though slowly.

So what exactly is 5G, and why should people care?

The Exchange Africa spoke exclusively with Oppo Kenya Product Manager Ernest Teigut to understand what exactly 5G is and why it is important as below:

What is 5G?   

5G is the world’s fifth generation of wireless technology.

The network is superior to other networks and is up to 100 times faster than 4G. 5G provides higher speed, lower latency and greater …