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Communications Conference late

last year. McAdam’s said Verizon’s

5G fixed wireless deployments are

expected to support services simi-

lar to fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP)

based offerings such as Verizon’s

FiOS service.

AT&T, meanwhile, recently ac-

quired Fiber Tower, a provider of

spectrum and fixed wireless servic-

es, and said its Austin trial will use

fixed wireless 5G to stream AT&T’s

DIRECTV NOW OTT video services.

Charter, likewise, applied for

experimental licenses to test 5G

back in December and is currently

ramping up tests of 5G technology.

According to Charter CEO Tom

Rutledge, about three-quarters of

the bits being consumed by the

some 200 million devices that con-

nect to the cable company’s high-

speed network are coming through

its Wi-Fi network. For that reason,

he believes the products devel-

oped for 5G will be virtual reality

and augmented reality products

delivered over fixed wireless.

“How that manifests itself is a

little unclear, but my sense is that

many of those will not be mobile

Verizon 5G Trial Cities

Expected by Mid-Year 2017

Ann Arbor, Mich.

Atlanta, Ga.

Bernardsville, N.J.,

Brockton, Mass.,

Dallas and Houston, Texas,

Denver, Colo.,

Miami, Fla.,

Sacramento, Calif.

Seattle, Wash.,

Washington DC

Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Race is On

Utilizing data compiled from publicly available sources, Viavi Solutions

estimates that about 25 mobile operators around the globe have already an-

nounced they are at least lab testing 5G, despite standards not being expected

until 2020. Among those, 12 report having progressed to field testing, while

an additional four operators have announced their plans for 5G trials.

Five operators have reached data speeds of 35 Gbps or more in their

5G trials, says the provider of network testing and monitoring solutions, with

Etisalat so far having demonstrated the highest data speed of 36 Gbps, and

Ooredoo conducting tests at 35.46 Gbps.

Operators are testing across a wide range of bandwidths, ranging from sub-3

GHz to 86 GHz. Of the operators that have disclosed their test spectrum,

currently the most commonly trialed wavelength is 28 GHz, with eight operators

using it, as well as 15 GHz, which is being used in trials by seven operators.

Currently, five major network equipment providers have announced that

they are involved in 5G trials: Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, Samsung and ZTE.

While some operators are using just one network equipment provider in

their trials, many are using multiple vendors during trial stages, said Viavi. KT

Corporation (formerly Korea Telecom) is including all five network equipment

providers in its trials.

“The pace of 5G development is already beyond the expectations of

many observers,” said Sameh Yamany, Viavi Solutions CTO.

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5G Data Speeds

Source: Viavi Solutions

Samsung

ZTE

Qualcomm

80%

60%

40%

20%

Percent of Service Provider Respondents

Man

21%

17%

13%

35 Gb/s

35.46 Gb/s

35 Gb/s

20 Gb/s

15 Gb/s

14 Gb/s

12 Gb/s

11.29 Gb/s

10 Gb/s

9 Gb/s

7 Gb/s

5.7 Gb/s

5 Gb/s

4.5 Gb/s

4 Gb/s

2.3 Gb/s

2.2 Gb/s

Etisalat

Ooredoo

StarHub

Optus

Telstra

Vodafone UK

Telia

AT&T

T-Mobile USA

NTT DoCoMo

Vodafone Turkey

Verizon

Orange France

US Cellular

SK Telecom

SmartTone

Vodafone Australia

Sonera

Sprint

Korea Telecom

C Spine

20%

40%

60%

44%

2012

Percent of Organizations

$41-$50

$31-$40

$21-$30

More than $50

Shows the highest claimed data speeds reached during 5G trials, where disclosed

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