Samsung has developed the core technology for 5G mobile networks, within the type of the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology operating inside the millimetre-wave Ka bands for cellular communications.

According to Samsung, the techology will enable “data transmission as much as several hundred times faster than current 4G networks … as much as several tens of Gbps per base station”.

“The millimeter-wave band is worthwhile way to recent surges in wireless internet usage,” said Chang Yeong Kim, executive vice chairman of Samsung Electronics. “Samsung’s recent success in developing the adaptive array transceiver technology has brought us one step towards the commercialisation of 5G mobile communications within the millimetre-wave bands.”

However, this doesn’t suggest we’ll all be immediately upgrading our mobile connections to 5G – Samsung says it expects to make the technology commercially available by 2020, or even then, it might take some time to succeed in the top consumer. In any case, the better part of a decade after it was initially available, 4G here within the UK continues to be limited to a single operator, with others promising deployment later this year.