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Conceptual illustration representing the new 5G mobile data network.

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Who Gets 5G — And Who Gets Left Behind — Has Some Worried About Digital Inequality

12:00pm February 25, 2020

by Paul Flahive

As wireless companies continue to roll out 5G — the next generation of wireless technology — advocates worry this latest high-speed update will widen the digital divide.

The next generation of cell phone technology will be much faster but require far more antennas than carriers currently use.

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Politics & Government

Wireless Industry Lobbies Statehouses For Access To 'Street Furniture'

2:06pm April 11, 2017

by Austin Jenkins

Instead of soaring towers with antennas on top, future cell sites will adorn power poles and streetlights owned by cities and towns that are wary of turning them over to wireless companies.

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