Though there will be many important 5G technology innovations, including widespread use of millimeter wave technologies for consumer access purposes; spectrum sharing and small cell [...]
Wholesale is likely to emerge as a key revenue stream for 5G services, especially using the virtualized capabilities of core and edge radio networks to enable end-to-end private networks by third [...]
It is not hard to predict that 5G revenue will be substantial by 2025. By then, 5G might represent 12 percent of total mobile subscriptions globally, and that alone would represent a substantial [...]
Even if 5G will represent a business model revolution (growth fundamentally based on new applications for non-human users), its technological path is evolutionary, and based largely on [...]
Connecting the unconnected in emerging markets is partly an exercise in reaching isolated and rural areas, it often is noted. But new work by Facebook suggests it is possible to reach 99 percent [...]
Even if 5G will–if successful–be a revolution in mobile business models, its technological foundations will be an evolution from 4G. That is one of the paradoxes of 5G: it will, in [...]
Does the future belong to “integrated” service providers that own both mobile and ubiquitous fixed network assets? It is possible, in the 5G era. The reasoning is fairly simple: 5G “requires” [...]
It is not as clear, now, as it will eventually be, that the telecom business is entering a period of uncertainty as great as any it has faced in the past, principally because the industry [...]
AT&T is the leader among U.S. carriers when it comes to internet of things connections, according to Compass Intelligence. The carrier ended the second quarter with 33.7 million [...]
Most forecasts have initial 5G revenue having the greatest scale in just a few countries, including China, the United States, Japan and South Korea. What is not so clear is the role 5G-based [...]
The biggest unknown–and greatest danger–facing 5G is the business model, not the technology. Many would argue that there are almost no new applications or revenue streams 5G will [...]
Greater China and a few emerging Asian markets drove sales of smartphones in the second quarter of 2017, say analysts at Gartner. India, Indonesia and Southeast Asian countries drove a [...]
Value really has become the key strategic problem for mobile and fixed network operators, and not even the advice of the smartest consultants offers an easy path forward. Mobile devices and users [...]
Fixed wireless using 5G networks will generate $1 billion in service revenue by the end of 2019, mostly in the United States, according to researchers at SNS Research. The market is further [...]
After launching its “Google Station” program in India, supplying Wi-Fi to train stations, Google is doing the same in Indonesia. Google is partnering with internet service providers, venue [...]
