5G wireless needs fiber, and lots of it

Hello,

When the topic of 5G wireless comes up, your first thought likely isn’t about fiber networks running under the ground. But as Ciena’s Brian Lavallée explains, 5G mobile networks will significantly affect both the wireless side (obviously!) and the wireline side of the global network infrastructure. In fact, 5G’s formidable network performance goals are heavily predicated on the availability of fiber, and lots of it, to cell sites.

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