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At Mobile World Congress in Los Angeles, executives and government officials remained optimistic about the long-heralded technology, while hinting at the challenges that remain.
By Rob Pegoraro
On Tuesday morning, the talks that opened the Mobile World Congress trade show in Los Angeles were Southern-California sunny about 5G wireless.
"It will revolutionize our lives," said Meredith Attwell Baker, president and CEO of the wireless communications trade group CTIA, in a typical observation. The Washington trade group co-sponsors this convention alongside GSMA, the London-based organization behind the much larger MWC show in Barcelona.
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