5G Global Launches & Statistics
| 5G will account for as many as 1.2 billion connections by 2025 |
The Global Rollout of 5G
By 2025, 5G networks are likely to cover one-third of the world’s population. The impact on the mobile industry and its customers will be profound.
5G is more than a new generation of technologies; it denotes a new era in which connectivity will become increasingly fluid and flexible.
5G Networks will adapt to applications and performance will be tailored precisely to the needs of the user.
Working closely with the mobile operators pioneering 5G, the GSMA is engaging with governments, vertical industries including automotive, financial services, healthcare providers, transport operators, utilities and other industry sectors to develop business cases for 5G.
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Baseball
Uses 5G to provide advanced features such as 3D viewing and different perspective views of live match.
VR
Uses 5G to enjoy VR contents anywhere anytime.
AR
Uses 5G to provide realistic AR services such as the virtual zoo.
Live Performances
Uses 5G to enable extremely high quality performance / music videos.
Game Streaming
Uses 5G to process games on the cloud and stream to / receive input from users.
Sing-a-long-online
Uses 5G to enable many people to sing-a-long simultaneously online.
Google acquires edge computing company MobiledgeX
Monday 9 May, 2022 | 5G Digest | Latest News | Operator Platform
Google has announced its acquisition of MobiledgeX, with the intention of making the code open source and running it as part of Google Cloud. Founded in 2018, MobiledgeX was a Deutsche Telekom–backed company, which developed federated telco edge cloud solutions that complied ...
EE, Qualcomm declare European 5G first
Wednesday 20 April, 2022 | 5G Digest | Latest News
UK operator EE claimed to be the first European player to successfully aggregate a 5G signal using seven different spectrum carriers, with speeds topping 2.2Gb/s in laboratory tests. The experiment was performed in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, and used five 4G ...
5G standalone makes progress in Germany
Monday 11 April, 2022 | 5G Digest | Latest News
Deutsche Telekom is making progress on its 5G standalone (SA) network, with more than 5,000 antennas now compatible with the technology in the 3.6 GHz band, although it has yet to announce when it will commercially launch the advanced service. Vodafone Germany has already ...
Vodafone pushes ahead with 5G SA coverage and applications
Monday 21 March, 2022 | 5G Digest | Latest News
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Qualcomm outlines 5G-Advanced sustainability goals
Tuesday 21 December, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
The inaugural standard release of 3GPP 5G-Advanced specifications will boost network efficiency and effectiveness, as outlined by Qualcomm’s VP of engineering Juan Montojo to Mobile World Live (MWL). Improving sustainability in new and evolving technologies is one of the key ...
Ericsson acquires Vonage in a deal for 5G enterprise innovation
Friday 3 December, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
Ericsson has announced an agreement to acquire the IP communications business Vonage for $6.2 billion. Pending regulatory review and clearance, the deal is expected to close in H1 2022. Vonage is best known for its roots as a consumer VoIP telephony business before WhatsApp ...
5G powering ahead in China
Friday 3 December, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
The Chinese mobile operators have reported a sharp increase in 5G mobile tariff additions, with the country-wide total reaching 670 million 5G-capable tariffs as of October. While this does not represent the actual number of 5G subscribers – which GSMA Intelligence estimates ...
European open RAN initiatives move to the next phase
Monday 15 November, 2021 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News | Open RAN
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Network vendors announce new solutions at MWC LA
Monday 1 November, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News | Open RAN
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KDDI, Deutsche Telekom, MobiledgeX, Sturfee and Mawari demonstrate next generation AR mobile app experience in alignment with GSMA TEC initiative
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FCC sets mid-band spectrum auction in motion
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In the US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began Auction 110 on 5 October, allowing operators another chance to acquire mid-band spectrum for 5G. The auction will offer 100 MHz in the 3.45–3.55 GHz band, with spectrum being auctioned in each of the US’s partial ...
Apple’s new iPhone iterates and expands 5G coverage
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Network shutdowns accelerate as operators eye the 4G/5G opportunity
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AT&T to develop first “at scale” 5G smart city
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France reveals public-private partnership strategy for 5G
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AT&T accelerates shift to the public cloud with Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure partnerships
Monday 12 July, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
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GSMA Announces Details of Innovative Edge Cloud Applications and Dedicated Telco Edge Cloud Federation
Tuesday 29 June, 2021 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
5G’s low latency and high bandwidth, paired with edge cloud functionality, can deliver valuable new services 29 June 2021, Barcelona The GSMA has today revealed details of the first project trials using its Telco Edge Operator Platform. It has also launched the Telco Edge ...
Operators make progress with open RAN commercialisation
Friday 25 June, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News | Open RAN
Vodafone UK and MTN have revealed the vendors they will work with for open RAN deployments. Vodafone’s commercial open RAN rollout – the first in Europe – will cover 2,500 sites in rural parts of the UK at first, expanding into urban areas over the longer term. This marks an ...
Operators continue to address the private 5G opportunity
Wednesday 19 May, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
Telefónica Tech has partnered with Microsoft to offer private 5G and on-premise edge computing to address the Industry 4.0 opportunity and related use cases. Meanwhile, in the US, AT&T has launched a private 5G network for healthcare, connecting researchers and patients. ...