5G Network: the hidden Prowes of 5G After years of hype about gigabit speeds that will let you download full-length movies in mere seconds, 5G is finally becoming a reality. Last year, we got a taste of 5G as Verizon launched a home broadband service using the next-generation wireless technology and AT&T brought 5G service to a dozen cities. And this year will see the launch of actual 5G wireless networks along with phones that will run on them. “I don’t have to ask you anymore to imagine 5G,” Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm’s president, told attendees during that company’s tech summit this month. “It’s here. It’s all around us.” The fifth generation of connectivity, pithily called 5G, will be ready for prime time this year. Software is being tested, hardware is in the works, and carriers are readying their plans to flip the switch on their 5G network in the first half of 2019. “The adoption of 5G will even faster than what we saw on 4G, which was already fairly fast.,” said Ignac