This time they have a clear path so that likely will not happen again.<p>LTE as 4G, The original 4G is now LTE Advances which now some network call it 4.5G<p>Many of the 5G tech are coming out in incremental releases. So 3GPP Rel 15 will be 5G Phase 1, and Rel 16 will be 5G Phase 2.<p>There will be LTE Advance Pro, which provides all the features up to Rel 14. As a matter of fact most of the latency reduction will be done in Rel 14, it is likely they start calling Rel 14 as 5G and continue to evolve on it.<p>And to be honest ( apart from T-Mobile I think ), LTE really do deserve the name 4G. It brings much faster access, and more importantly lower latency that feels so much faster when browsing the web.<p>As most user will properly not notice a difference between 300Mbps and 600Mbps. Let alone 1Gbps. So really the biggest benefits of these new release are increase in Capacity of Mobile Network. Most Network operator today are facing the same problem.