No sooner has 2019 begun than the 5G hype wagon has been set off over the dusty plains being drawn by a load of dog-eared donkeys with lazy, do-nothing yokels riding on the back of it. This week it is the turn of US mobile giant AT&T who have somehow convinced Apple to update the firmware in their iPhone to show '5G' (or more precisely '5G E') as the network to which it is connected.



But the network isn't 5G, it's 4G. AT&T don't have a 5G mobile network.

A while ago, Wireless Waffle attempted to demystify the various network type indicators that are shown on mobile phones. If this can be fudged by mobile operators or mobile handset manufacturers, then expect to see lots of new '5G' services sprouting up any time soon. What will the operators then do when they actually launch 5G? 6G here we come...!