http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/eu-flags-620-1361892824.jpg You’re still waiting to get 4G? That’s old hat: the European Commission is already thinking about 5G. It’s investing €50 million ($65.3 million) into research with the hope that the next-next-generation cellular technology will be a practical reality by 2020. About €16 million ($20.9 million) of that is headed toward METIS, an Ericsson-led alliance hoping to develop wireless with 10 to 100 times the capacity, a similar increase in speed and just a fifth of the lag. Like a UK parallel, though, there’s only so much technology talk the Commission can offer at this stage. The funding is as much for regional pride as progress – officials want 5G to be a Europe-led affair after Asia and North America took center stage on 4G.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
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Via: The Next Web
Source: European Commission