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It remains very much unclear how important internet of things revenue will be for most mobile operators building 5G networks. And one big problem is that opportunities “up the stack,” [...]

Some observers believe most service providers will not be easily able to build 5G networks because they will be so expensive. Others are more sanguine, arguing that there are many reasons why 5G [...]

Korea Telecom executives say a 5G network using 28-GHz spectrum requires four times as many outdoor cell sites as does a 4G Long Term Evolution network using low band spectrum. And that is good [...]

Service and product suppliers are interested in Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) for obvious reasons: it creates new sales opportunities for infrastructure and possibly services. Some also [...]

As next-generation networks continue to evolve, new questions and possibilities arguably arise. Among the questions are whether it is possible to create a connectivity business model founded [...]

We normally think about network functions virtualizati0n as a tool network operators can use to create new capabilities while lowering cost. What we tend not to think about is whether NFV will [...]

One of the biggest long-term trends in the communications business is the tendency for connectivity services to constantly drop towards “zero” levels. That is arguably most true in the capacity [...]

As always, public company perceptions of upside from new markets is conditioned by their own view of ability to capitalize on those new markets. In many regions and markets, heavy recent [...]

Will 5G displace NBN or complement the Australian NBN network? Much arguably depends on pricing. And full mobile substitution is not actually the bigger danger, but the degree of substitution. In [...]

Some observers are relatively unconcerned about the potential impact of 5G and other untethered access offers on fixed internet take rates and subscriber volume. Reliance Jio’s massive disruption [...]

It is easy to predict how mobile service providers will use spectrum sharing  to support 4G and 5G mobile services. It is less clear how enterprises might do so, though private enterprise [...]

5G is to networking as telecom is to the internet. That is to say, 5G is part of a larger shift of networking as “telecom” has become a tail on the internet dog. Specifically, 5G is [...]

With the exception of markets in Asia, Africa or elsewhere that still are adding subscriber accounts and mobile data accounts, developed markets where 5G is first deployed will not likely see too [...]

Necessity and opportunity both are lining up to drive aggressive 5G adoption in the U.S. market. All four leading U.S. mobile operators will be offering 5G mobile services in 2019, with AT&T [...]

Though it might seem inconceivable, we are about to enter the “post-mobile” era of telecommunications. How can that be, you might ask, when virtually all consumers and most [...]