Quantum leap: Global deployment of 5G network for a hyper-connected world

Telecom networks so far have been for people. Now they will be for machines as well and on a mega scale — connecting everything that needs to be connected.

In fact, there will be more connected machines than humans. That is the promise of 5G and other such nextgen mobile networks.

Machines will be able to talk to each other on 5G networks, launching a large-scale Internet of Things communications era — sensors embedded in everything. At home, appliances like toasters, microwaves, refrigerators and ACs will communicate with you or other devices, bringing it closer to being a smart home.

Amazon Echo or Google Home will get updates from the kitchen and the bathroom and replenish stock — at least regular-use items like butter, tea bags and shaving blades.