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products,” Rutledge said at a recent
quarterly conference call. “They will
be fixed products in the dwelling or
the office. They’ll be how you learn
and how you play. They’re less
about mobility than they are about
capacity and low latency.”
In other words, with the ability to
offer gigabit capable speeds, 5G is
being eyed as a potential alternative
to fiber, particularly in the last mile,
or at least the last 1,500 feet.
“Using 5G may allow broadband
operators to use wireless for the
‘drop’ into the home, rather than
fiber or coax,” say executives at
telecom infrastructure firm Finley
Engineering. “That significantly re-
duces cost for broadband upgrades
and overbuilds.”
Researchers at Strategy Analyt-
ics believe fixed 5G is particularly
well suited for delivering pay-TV
and video services because, un-
like with FTTP, 5G packet wireless
can provide virtually dedicated
bandwidth to support applications
such as video without having to nail
up fixed ports and wavelengths.
Instead, individual 5G streams can
be switched very quickly between
different parts of the frequency
band. According to Sue Rudd,
Strategy Analytics director of ser-
Monthly Recurring Fees:
Pricing for a Comprehen
U.S. Broadband Household
Inhibitors to Cloud C
Source: 451 Research
Primary Technical Factors Drive Upgrade to 5G
Source: IHS
Outsourcing Frequenc
Source: Computer Economics
Source: Qualcomm
Ultra-low latency
Ultra-high bandwidth
throughput
Increase network capacity
Enabling massive
machine-typecommunication
Ultra-high network
availability
Lower energy consumption
Network operational
efficiencies
Technical Factors
88%
79%
75%
75%
58%
29%
25%
0%
20%
40%
60% 80% 100%
Top 5G R&D Manufacturers
Source: IHS
5G Data Speeds
Nokia
Ericsson
Huawei
Samsung
ZTE
Qualcomm
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Percent of Service Provider Respondents
Percent of service providers rating 6 or 7 on scale of 1 to 7
Manufacturers
79%
75%
63%
21%
17%
13%
35 Gb/s
35.46 Gb/s
35 Gb/s
35 Gb/s
35 Gb/s
20 Gb/s
20 Gb/s
15 Gb/s
14 Gb/s
12 Gb/s
11.29 Gb/s
10 Gb/s
10 Gb/s
10 Gb/s
9 Gb/s
7 Gb/s
Etisalat
Ooredoo
M1
StarHub
Optus
Telstra
Vodafone UK
Telia
AT&T
T-Mobile USA
NTT DoCoMo
Vodafone Turkey
Verizon
Orange France
US Cellular
SK Telecom
Source: BCG
25%
11%
23%
Today
Network
IT infrastructure
Security
Control of Data Locality, Sovereignty
Budget/Cost/Pricing
Technical Migration/Integration
Compliance/Regulation
Internal Resources/Expertise
Process Integration/Governance
Change Management
Vendor/Provider Issues
Other
Please rate how much of an i
organization’s use of cloud c
‘No Impact’ and 10 is ‘Massi
0%
20%
40%
60%
44%
2012 20
42
Percent of Organizations
$41-$50
More than$50
Shows the highest claimed data speeds reached during 5G trials, where disclosed
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