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.
Open RAN momentum continues to grow in Europe and North America
Monday 6 February, 2023 | 5G Digest | Latest News | Open RAN
Vodafone has reported progress with its urban open RAN trials, which began in the UK in late 2022. The operator added it is on track for its open RAN request for quotation (RFQ) process to begin in 2024. Bell Canada is also conducting open RAN trials. As part of this, it ...
Operators continue to prove the value of 5G across verticals
Monday 23 January, 2023 | 5G | 5G Digest | Latest News
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European Commission identifies four focus areas for AI and robotics projects
Monday 23 January, 2023 | 5G | 5G Digest | Future Networks Digest | Latest News
The European Commission (EC) has identified smart cities, agriculture, manufacturing and healthcare as focus areas for a series of AI and robotics projects earmarked for a total of €200 million in funding. The funding recognises these areas as important to building an AI ...
CES 2023: sustained interest in the metaverse as the ecosystem gears up
Monday 9 January, 2023 | 5G | 5G Digest | Latest News
Announcements from CES on mixed-reality hardware launches, innovative displays and enterprise metaverse application platforms point to sustained interest in the metaverse. For example, TCL unveiled various wearable displays, including AR glasses that show navigational ...
Verizon marks 3G sunset in the US
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Verizon is the last of the major operators in the US to shut down its 3G network, fully decommissioning it at the end of 2022. AT&T’s 3G network, T-Mobile’s 3G UMTS network and Sprint’s 3G CDMA network were all closed down in 2022. More than 99% of ...
The growing importance of tower companies
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China’s three major mobile operators have approved five-year rental agreements with China Tower, which will allow the trio to continue the build-out of high-efficiency networks and accelerate the construction of low-carbon infrastructure. Meanwhile, the Philippines’ Globe ...
Open RAN momentum continues: playing the long game
Monday 12 December, 2022 | 5G | 5G Digest | Latest News | Open RAN
Vodafone has announced a raft of urban trials in the UK for its open RAN network infrastructure – a sign of continued momentum in the technology and its expansion beyond rural use. Vodafone is one of the leading companies in this space; it has committed to eventual open RAN ...
Operators and vendors continue to drive digital transformation in Africa
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Orange recently launched its first 5G network in Africa in Botswana, while the Samsung Wallet has gone live in South Africa. Recent industry events in Africa, including the GSMA’s MWC Africa event in Kigali and the Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town, have showcased the ...
Vodafone and IBM announce quantum tech partnership
Tuesday 15 November, 2022 | 5G | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
IBM has announced a partnership with Vodafone on quantum-safe cybersecurity to help validate and progress potential quantum use cases in telecommunications. Vodafone will explore quantum computing for a variety of telco use cases, including how to apply IBM Quantum Safe ...
Operators keep pushing forward on 5G standalone networks
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After user trials and initial testing in 2021, Verizon has started to move commercial traffic onto its 5G standalone (SA) core. AT&T has also reported employing regional 5G SA cores to commence its deployment of edge networks, with the aim to have 12 ‘edge zones’ by the ...
TIP sets its sights on advancing metaverse-ready networks
Monday 24 October, 2022 | 5G | 5G Digest
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has formed the Metaverse-Ready Networks Project Group, a working group to deliver solutions and architectures that enhance network readiness to support metaverse experiences. Telefónica, T-Mobile, Sparkle (Telecom Italia), Meta and Microsoft ...
5G standalone plans amid economic headwinds
Monday 17 October, 2022 | 5G | 5G Digest | Latest News
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India launches 5G alongside push for ‘Make in India’ initiative
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Completing the 5G offering with efficient voice services
Monday 13 June, 2022 | 5G Digest | Latest News
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Private networks continue to come of age
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Google acquires edge computing company MobiledgeX
Monday 9 May, 2022 | 5G Digest | Latest News | Operator Platform
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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
Vodafone UK has partnered with Ericsson to complete the first 5G standalone (SA) network slicing trial in the UK, providing the low latency and high bandwidth needed for a VR application. Additionally, in Germany Vodafone has announced plans to achieve nationwide coverage of ...