UK's BT Openreach settlement highlights wider issues of 5G convergence

What do we need? High capacity. When do we need it? Soon

Comment There will be far tighter integration between fixed and wireless connectivity in 5G than ever before. Dense virtualized networks will require huge numbers of high-capacity fixed links; fixed broadband will be delivered over wireless as well as wireline; fixed/mobile convergence for content and service delivery will become table stakes; edge computing and the Internet of Things will be supported by a mish-mash of connection technologies (even ETSI's Mobile Edge Computing has now been renamed Multi-access Edge Computing)."