We stand at a point of convergence where societal needs and technology have come together to transform the world. It is said we are on a “quest to digitize the world,” and it is estimated that by 2026, mobile data traffic will exceed 226 Exabytes per month — that’s 226 billion bytes of data.
Advanced communication technologies, such as 5G, have increased bandwidth, provided real-time response (i.e., latency), and enabled the connection of millions of devices. But 5G is not the end. In fact, it’s just the beginning — 6G is already the hot topic of many conversations concerning the future of network deployment. And the continued step-function improvements in latency and data rates are enabling new applications, such as augmented reality and autonomous vehicles, and driving the need for a massive increase in storage and compute power.