This report looks at the status of 5G deployment in 2019, which was heralded as the ‘Year of 5G’. It considers why the technology is a revolution and evolution.
5G promises a huge leap in the sophistication of services and service delivery, particularly for a wide range of vertical enterprise markets. Accordingly, it is not unusual to hear communications service providers (CSPs) and their suppliers talk about 5G as ‘revolutionary’. In reality, however, 5G will be a combination of revolution and evolution – concepts that often have been viewed as conflicting in the history of telecoms. This report provides a snapshot of progress on 5G. Read it to understand: