9. Support for up to One Million Devices per Sq Km
5G isn’t only about speed. It is about higher capacity than you could possibly imagine. You know the lag in Internet speeds you experience when too many people are connected to one Wi-Fi router at home or in the office? You would never face it if it wasn’t for your 4G connection.
According to the International Telecommunications Union, 5G can support up to a million connected devices per square kilometer. If you want to compare it with 4G, the latter is only capable of hooking up approximately 2,000 connected devices per square kilometer. Additionally, 5G networks are compatible with low-latency connections.
Latency can be understood as gap time, or transmission time for a packet of data. As we’ve mentioned above, the ultra-low latency provided by 5G can offer the precision required to safely perform operations on people across the world, make self-driving cars safer and so on.