London -Films could be downloaded to smartphones in just one second with new ultra-high speed mobile phone broadband technology, Samsung has claimed.
The fifth-generation technology will transmit data several hundred times faster than the 4G networks being rolled out across the country, says the communications giant.
Homes could have the wireless 5G system by 2020 using a vast network of masts, which may prove controversial but would mean an end to broadband cables to connect to the internet.
While 4G networks speed up standard downloads to about 13 minutes, subscribers of the new service would be able to download massive data files “practically without limitation”, enabling almost instantaneous access to games and 3D movies or the ability to stream ultra high-definition programmes in real-time.
The South Korean company claims its technology uses high-frequency wavebands previously deemed unsuitable for mobile networks. Central to it is the creation of what bosses say is the world’s first transceiver capable of providing 5G to a wide area via a phone mast.
Samsung announced the breakthrough after tests in which data was transmitted at speeds of more than one gigabit per second over a distance of up to two kilometres.
However, analysts warned that faster downloads may mean bigger bills and raised health fears that new high powered broadcasts will fuel so-called “electronic smog”. - Daily Mail