5G And 6G

5G will be with us for the next 8 years before the migration to 6G around 2028-2030.
As 5G services are launched in Europe, and a wider roll-out is expected in the next few years, research initiatives on 6G are also being launched, in Europe and worldwide.
The next decade will see a world of new communications technologies, from 5G (and ultimately 6G) to thousands of low Earth orbiting satellites and terrestrial technologies like TV White Spaces.
Ongoing advances in 5G and the imminent introduction of 6G by 2030 will create a world of 'zero latency', where millions of connected devices will interact in real-time with almost infinitesimal lag or latency.
6G is not expected to materialize in terms of a market ready product until the early 2030s, but China's ministry of industry and information technology's 5G technology working group started work in 2018 on 6G.
5G will account for only 15 percent of mobile connections globally by 2025.
5G and 6G technologies will continue to improve access and connectivity for users.
2019 will see UK networks dipping their toes into fresh new 5G waters, bringing the next generation of mobile internet services to us super-demanding consumers.
By then, about $12.3 trillion worth of goods and services will be enabled by 5G networks, nearly 22 million jobs will be created by labor force demands related to 5G, and the new network will have contributed approximately $3 trillion to global GDP.
IDG calls 2019 a seminal year on the 5G front, and predicts that the market for 5G and 5G-related network infrastructure will grow from approximately $528 million in 2018 to $26 billion in 2022, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate of 118 percent.
In 2021, 5G connections are forecast to account for 15 percent of all mobile connections in North America.
After all the hype and speculation, it finally looks like 5G mobile networks will be coming to the UK later this year.
Service providers are in a race to roll out 5G services that will empower the next generation of smart devices and the Internet of Things.
The United States, China, South Korea, and Japan are leading the 5G race, but the United States will win the race in the short term.
The adoption of Long-Term Evolution will lead to 5G New Radio and unlock a myriad of civil use cases for small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
The GSMA estimates that mobile operators will invest between $300 billion and $500 billion by 2025 in the rollout of 5G services that range from connected factories to super-fast broadband internet services.
The spread of Chinese 5G networks will threaten NATO and allied interoperability, as the United States will become unable and unwilling to integrate its secure 5G network with any aspect of Chinese systems.
Where a business ten years ago would need to focus on providing a good connection to the internet to users, businesses in 2019 and beyond are going to have access to 5G, which will transform how they function.
Because smartphone traffic is a key driver for data traffic, 5G will be integral in the adoption of mobile broadband.
Future success will depend heavily on a flexible policy environment that will encourage continued operator investment in networks, and in turn, deliver the benefits of high-quality mobile connectivity to end users.
Smartphones: With this year marking the launch of 5G, revenue for 5G smartphones alone is expected to reach $1 billion.

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Last updated: 09 August 2020