5G has a rural issue

Relying on 5G and its successors to keep applying band-aids to gaping wounds simply isn’t going to suffice

Vodafone went for a bit of levity with its 5G trial launch this week - Max Gasparonni appeared via hologram for the press conference announcing plans for a 5G trial in the Dublin docklands - but a more serious matter awaits, and it knows the conversation is going to have to shift to the government in a hard way.

Gasparonni, the firm’s interim chief technical officer, was in Germany where it was likely ...