Wireless technology is continually evolving, and it has changed significantly since the first technologies were invented following the discovery of radio waves in 1880. Some of the most impressive advancements have come about very recently, and the wireless network sector is poised to make more significant changes soon. More advancement will certainly follow. Innovation in the wireless industry is showing no signs of slowing down.
Wireless communication is overtaking wired technologies and will continue to expand into the future. By 2020, traffic from wireless and mobile devices is expected to account for two-thirds of all IP traffic. That same year, there will be around 20.4 billion Internet of Things, or IoT, devices connected to the network.
For much of the history of wireless networks, large telecommunications companies have driven most of the changes in the industry. That pattern continues today, and large companies will continue to have substantial influence into the future. In today’s world, though, small companies have a better chance than ever before of disrupting the industry, and many are working towards that. We have also seen some new large companies make moves into the wireless space in recent years.
Wireless technologies also make it easier to expand Internet access to areas that were hard to reach with wired tech. Facebook, Google and SpaceX have all launched projects with this goal in mind. Facebook is working on using drones flown at high altitudes to beam Internet connectivity to people on the ground below. Google took a similar approach with a variation on weather balloons, and SpaceX is working on small, low-orbiting satellites that would create networks.
These kinds of approaches could help provide access to the Internet to rural communities, remote communities and people in developing countries. Gaining access to the Internet could spark huge changes for these groups of people, as did for those living in non-remote parts of the developed world. There’s still a large portion of the world that lacks Internet access too.
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