According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, three Western European nations are leaders in terms of 5G as a proportion of total smartphone sales in 2020. Ville-Petteri Ukonaho, Associate Director at Strategy Analytics, said: “In terms of sheer volumes China and the US lead in 5G smartphone sales. But in key Western European markets, […]
Verizon, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have teamed up to continue driving forward development of 5G and innovations in the technology by being the first to demonstrate 5G peak speeds of 5.06 Gbps. Using 5G mmWave spectrum with carrier aggregation, a technology that combines multiple channels of spectrum to provide greater efficiency for data sessions transmitting […]
Verizon Business is launching an international private 5G platform for global enterprises located in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Delivered in partnership with Nokia, the offering will enable businesses to deploy a private industrial-grade dedicated 5G network capability within their premises. In addition to ultra-low latency and increased speed, a key benefit of a private […]
Findings from Juniper Research indicate that operator billed revenue from 5G connections will reach $357 billion by 2025; rising from $5 billion in 2020, its first full year of commercial service. By 2025, 5G revenue is anticipated to represent 44 per cent of global operator billed revenue owing to rapid migration of 4G mobile subscribers […]
Fifteen EU Member States have written to European Union Commissioners calling for a communications strategy that provides reliable information related to 5G. In the letter to Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President, Věra Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, and Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market, the States – Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, […]
With the world recently passing 100 commercial 5G networks, the shift to the new technology is poised to accelerate now that 5G smartphones are abundant and cost significantly less than widely expected a year ago. By the end of 2020, there will be nearly a quarter of a billion 5G connections worldwide, and this
EE has switched on its 5G network in 12 new towns and cities across the UK. The 12 new locations are Blackpool, Oxford, Aberdeen, Aldershot, Warwick, Stafford, Shipley, Barrhead, Crawley, Castleford, Porthcawl and Mirifield. EE launched the UK’s first 5G service in May 2019 and has now expanded to 112 towns and cities across the […]
5G-enabled industries have the potential to deliver $8 trillion (€6.78trn) in value to the global economy by 2030 according to new research from Nokia and Nokia Bell Labs. The 5G Business Readiness Report surveys 5G adoption among businesses around the world, providing a cross-sector view of the path to full 5G deployment. The report from […]
A report from the Defence Committee of the UK House of Commons, The Security of 5G, finds that the development of 5G will increase the nation’s dependency on mobile connectivity, opening the UK up to security risks such as espionage, sabotage or system failure. The Committee launched an inquiry into the security of 5G on […]
The total mobile services revenue in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will increase from $307.4 billion in 2020 to $390.9 billion in 2025 at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9 per cent, supported by steady growth in mobile subscriptions and increase in aggregate mobile services average revenue per user (ARPU), according to GlobalData. GlobalData’s […]