Unless you have been spending way too much time inside an anechoic chamber over the last year, you have heard the constant buzz around 5G. In the race to be first to 5G, the marketers have been in control, and their message has become rather disconnected from engineering reality, in many cases. The fact is that a tremendous amount of engineering work on test specifications, instruments and firmware is needed before 5G user devices will fulfill the promises made by the carriers. Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) is definitely one of the areas impacted, but one of the technical areas least talked about. The demand is growing quickly and there is a massive market for testing these devices, so now is the time to study the issues and prepare the lab for 5G.