5G is Coming in 2017, Will Be Faster Than Google FiberVerizon is about to change the wireless industry in a big way as it begins field testing fifth-generation, or 5G, technology within the next 12 months, with plans for "some level of commercial deployment" by 2017 — much earlier than the common industry prediction of 2020. This information comes from a CNET interview with Roger Gurnani, Verizon's chief information and technology architect, who reve
