The 5G is a reality. Just pacing the halls of the MWC that is being held this week in Barcelona to be convinced. Smartphones, networks, services… The world of telecoms has changed in a generation. Or almost. Because Europe is lagging behind. “France has a one-year delay in the 5G”, notes soberly Stéphane Richard, CEO of Orange. The fault, in particular, to a process of allocating frequencies necessary for the 5G that lingers.

The first deployments will be theoretically possible on the national territory by 2020. More than twelve months after that Verizon, for example, has launched the 5G in thirteen american States. The operator began by proposing as early as October a service “5G – fixed”, allowing you to have Internet at home, instead of a wired (or fiber) a classic. A choice made because the first available terminals were sort of a box 5G. Mainly it allows the Americans to gain valuable experience in the deployment of …