{"id":14360,"date":"2018-03-26T17:01:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=14360"},"modified":"2018-03-26T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T16:01:06","slug":"gsma-report-details-expected-growth-5g-across-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/article\/gsma-report-details-expected-growth-5g-across-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA Report Details Expected Growth of 5G Across the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

The launch of the first commercial 5G services in the United States is imminent, and the projected growth numbers for future 5G adoption suggests the country will be one of the world\u2019s leading 5G nations in the coming years.<\/p>\n

The recent GSMA Intelligence report, \u201c5G era in the US,\u201d examines early 5G deployments in the U.S., and forecasts that the country will reach 100 million 5G connections by early 2023, nearly doubling to 190 million by 2025.<\/p>\n

The four major national mobile operators in the U.S. \u2013 AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile US and Verizon have provided important insights to the report.<\/p>\n

The Impact of 5G Today<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to building 5G networks the development of compelling services and devices will be fundamental to the success of 5G. While there are plenty of potential 5G use cases \u2013 including fixed wireless, robotic surgery and autonomous cars \u2013 the GSMA and its partners are also seeing substantial progress in video, AR\/VR and smart cities that show the true potential of 5G for today\u2019s customers.<\/p>\n

Enhanced mobile broadband will be the main use case in early 5G deployments beginning this year, with massive IoT and ultra-reliable, low-latency communications gaining scale during the later stages of deployment.<\/p>\n

Innovative and segmented consumer propositions targeting an enhanced mobile\/video customer experience could also play a key role in driving 5G consumer adoption. These include entertainment content delivered through advanced video capabilities, AR\/VR devices and applications for gaming and immersive TV, and multi-device subscriptions that include IoT services (e.g. connected cars).<\/p>\n

The advent of 5G coincides with a period of significant transformation in the wider U.S. technology, media and telecoms (TMT) industry. As the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) move closer to the mainstream, 5G is expected to have a major role in their development.<\/p>\n

5G and the Industry<\/u><\/p>\n

While 4G has been driving the transition from connected to digital consumers from 2010 through 2020, 5G will hold a key role in the transition to the augmented consumer in the long term. In fact, 5G and 4G will likely coexist and complement each other for many years as the phased 5G approach rolls out. Streamlining regulation as well as further developments in the three main areas of spectrum, infrastructure and economics will impact 5G over the next decade:<\/p>\n