I used to say that #5G is “just another G”. Actually, I was wrong. Objectively it has been an expensive failure, rather than a valuable upgrade. That’s a very different place to where we were with 4G/LTE in 2014.
I don’t want to review everything that’s gone wrong. I’ve done that before, in one of my best-read posts and slide decks of the last year or so. Poor coverage, lousy expectation-management, silly headline use-cases and the difficulty of getting to 5G standalone for all the “good stuff” have all been contributors.
What I want to do is stop 6G making the same, or similar, mistakes. After all, as much as I like sniping at bits of the wireless industry, it pays my bills. But after following the evolution of 6G for several years, I’ve got a sinking feeling.
