5G is set to make watching the Paris Olympics more accessible and intimate

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• The Olympic Games, a showcase event on the sporting calendar, will come to Paris next year.
• Games organizers plan to use a 5G mobile network to make sharing high-fidelity video more seamless.
• 5G connections could also power haptic tablets for blind people to follow the events.
• This article is part of "5G Playbook," a series exploring one of our time's most important tech innovations.

Few sporting events on the calendar match the Olympic Games in technical complexity.