One, Two, Three, Four, Five G

Even before the lockdown, people were interacting more over the internet than face-to-face. This has been with friends & family through social media, conducting business meetings & even virtual conferencing. Then you have online dating.

Not so many businesses are suffering especially those with visionary leadership. I remember a client I did some work for, who were totally paperless throughout. Besides, printed information can be really expensive & affect the environment adversely plus, very hard to keep current.

Schools today with tech-savvy teachers/students & commercial enterprises rely on the internet now for most of their information. The lockdown of course has restricted people from going to movie theatres & concerts, but even back then, those same people would have figured out about movies & music from the internet. Today's generation & some of the older ones, watch & listen to video & music, purchase tickets or download goodies on the internet. A huge amount of all shopping also is now done via the internet, with even advance orders for groceries online now. People can save travel time & money, can compare prices, see what is in stock & then visit a store. Internet connectivity & functionality is no longer an option in business, education, or everyday life; it’s absolutely essential.

5G is the next step. Which made the recent push backs regarding 5G deployment all the more remarkable. The US only raised security concerns over Beijing’s potential influence over Huawei as did Germany. The UK said that Huawei would be allowed access to the periphery of 5G mobile networks, but not the core.

Some other less developed nations are resisting the technology as a whole, not the Huawei product and it is a right down crying shame. I guess not everyone is able to count to 5.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/05/senate-asks-fg-to-suspend-deployment-of-5g-network-in-nigeria/