Researchers at Deloitte expect 5G commercial launches by 25 mobile operators in 2019, another 26 launching in 2020. Deloitte also expects about one million 5G fixed wireless accounts to be in service by the end of 2019, as well as about one million 5G personal hotspot devices and another [...]

The difference in experience between advanced forms of 4G and 5G networks, with the possible exceptions of big downloads and experience compared to public Wi-Fi, might not be so visible to most users, most of the time. There will be significant speed advantages, to be sure.   Compared to [...]

Global spending on Internet of Things sensors, software and services will reach $772.5 billion in 2018, an increase of 14.6 percent over the $674 billion that will be spent in 2017, Gartner predicts. IoT hardware will be the largest technology category in 2018 with $239 billion going largely [...]

Just how big a revenue driver mobile video will be for mobile operators in the 5G era is an open question. That video will drive mobile data consumption seems not to be contentious. By perhaps 2024, 75 percent of mobile data consumption will be video, most would agree. Of course, consumption [...]

In every market, it seems, the percentage of customers who buy the fastest tier of service–typically the most expensive as well–is a small percentage of total buyers. In the U.K. market, about eight percent of buyers choose the fastest tier of service, perhaps 14 percent buying the [...]

Competitive markets are different from monopoly markets in lots of ways, including the “cost” and “profit” of building different types of networks or the “cost” of identical networks. Consider this comparison by Ovum researchers of the relative costs of a new fiber-to-home network versus a new [...]

Mobile network cell sites using millimeter wave will need backhaul in urban locations up to 1 Gbps, up to 350 Mbps in suburban areas and up to 150 Mbps in rural areas, Ericsson predicts. By 2025, urban sites will require backhaul up to 20 Gbps, suburban sites will need capacity up to 5 Gbps, [...]

Arbitrage long has been a business model issue for access services, as illustrated by one advantage facilities-based 5G fixed wireless has over use of the Openreach platform. According to researchers at Ovum: there is no need for consumers to pay £240 (about US$308) a year on line rental [...]

In 2017, about half of all fixed network lines globally supported voice. The other half (the growing half) consisted of internet access lines, according to International Telecommunications Union data. Fixed Network Lines, Voice and Broadband, Lines in Millions 2014 2015 2016 2017* [...]

Communications spectrum often is said to be “beachfront property,” the notion being that location determines value and therefore price. But supply and demand also influence perceptions of value, and hence, price. Millimeter wave commercialization means “we are making more beach.” So vastly [...]

Growth now is the key strategic issue in the global telecom business, even in the mobility segment that has driven revenue growth for decades. And there are several dimensions. For a business that has been driven by “connecting more people” in emerging markets, growth prospects will shift to [...]

Predictably, proponents of 5G as a product substitute for fixed network internet access are met with highly-skeptical objections. Not surprisingly, proponents stand to gain financially if substitution happens, while skeptics stand to lose. You can put 3UK in the camp that believes 5G will be an [...]