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It took 25 years to connect five billion devices to the Internet. By 2020, as many as 29 billion will be connected.

Everything from coffee makers to thermostats; washing machines to autonomous vehicles will be online, all the time.

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This is the “Internet of Things” and it will require a fast and reliable wireless network to support it.

Welcome to 5G.

A $400-million public-private partnership is bringing the technology to Ontario and Quebec. The network will allow speeds 100 times faster than the current 4G network.

Thanks to new cellular antenna technologies, 5G devices will have far better battery life than current 4G devices. They’ll also have lower latency, meaning the network is optimized to process a very high volume of data with minimal delay

With files from Vito Pilieci