AT&T executive says Apple's 5G iPhones may not be the massive event some are expecting, especially given the economic realities of pandemic quarantines.
In the meantime, AT&T engineers are already working on 6G, which will likely build off progress made during the decade on connected machines and artificial intelligence, McElfresh said. For consumers intent on getting the fastest speeds, wireless technology will always trail fiber-to-the-home as an option, he said. AT&T is planning to boost its spending on fiber rollouts in the coming years, McElfresh said.
"If you are in a home or an environment where you've got multiple sessions alive in the home, and they're taxing in terms of bandwidth, you get down to physics," McElfresh said. "I mean, all cell sites, no matter if they're 5G or 4G, whether they're tall or small, all require a lot of fiber because you've got to connect that spectrum and those radios back to the network. And so our investment thesis around fiber and 5G go hand-in-hand.
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