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4G, 5G or 6G, all need wireless backhaul

A rose is a rose - or is there one that is sweeter?

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Shyam Ponappa
Calling our networks 4G, 5G, or 6G makes little difference. What matters is service delivery to users. Once there is connectivity, the criteria for judging the efficiency of a network are speed, capacity, and latency (lag in response time). Our 4G experience is far short on these measures.  Improvements are possible if our government proceeds on the basis of (a) objective assessment, and (b) concerted action on systematic, realistic, and phased planning and execution.  The starting point is a factual assessment of our networks and service delivery compared with the rest of the world. The next steps are to frame
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