It may seem like a cruel joke to millions of people frustrated by poor connection to the internet on their 4G mobile phones. But the government has already embarked on the journey to 5G, promising to place the UK at the vanguard of technologies that will transform our lives.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has committed an initial £740 million to the development of the next generation of mobile technology, and Huawei and Megafon expect to have a pilot network in place by 2018, in time for the FIFA World Cup in Russia. These are exciting times, it seems.