{"id":37657,"date":"2013-05-13T09:18:06","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T07:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=37657"},"modified":"2013-05-13T10:29:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T08:29:32","slug":"samsung-tests-5g-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/37657\/samsung-tests-5g-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung tests &#8220;5G&#8221; tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Samsung Electronics\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/1813-Samsung\">Samsung Electronics<\/a> said Monday it had successfully tested super-fast fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology that would eventually allow users to download an entire movie in one second.<\/p>\n<p>The South Korean giant said the test had witnessed data transmission of more than one gigabyte per second over a distance of two kilometres.<\/p>\n<p>The new technology, which will not be ready for the commercial market before 2020 at the earliest, would offer transmitting speeds &#8220;up to several hundred times faster&#8221; 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