5G technology has been gaining traction but not among energy companies. A new release, dubbed 5G Advanced, has the potential to entice these companies to deploy it. Its Service Based Architecture (SBA) supports microservices and Application Programming Interface functionality that should make it easier for energy companies to integrate the the networking option into their business processes. Also, this version better supports augmented, virtual, and extended reality applications, which may help remote technicians service utilities’ complex infrastructure equipment
