Reuters (May 12)
“South Korea was the first country to launch a fifth-generation mobile network in 2019, heralding a warp-speed technological transformation to self-driving cars and smart cities. Three years on, the giddy promises are unfulfilled.” It has achieved one of the highest rates of adoption, around 45% with speed about five times faster. Until demand catches up, however, telecoms will remain unwilling “to invest in the fancier technology that would ramp speeds by 20 times over 4G technology…. To make the quantum leap to the highest-speed 5G will require the roll-out of essential services that need such fast connections.”
Tags: 5G, Adoption, Demand, Invest, Mobile network, Promises, Roll-out, Self-driving cars, Smart cities, South Korea, Speed, Technology Quantum leap, Telecoms, Transformation, Unfulfilled, Warp-speed
Forbes (February 27)
5G will bring “the biggest shift in telecommunications since the invention of the cellphone.” In fact, “the next major disruptive opportunity will come from 5G in changing the way we connect and power our communities.”
Tags: 5G, Cellphone, Connect, Disruptive, Invention, Opportunity, Power, Shift, Telecommunications
The Economist (February 20)
“The path to a 5G wireless paradise will not be smooth” and the ultimate network specs remain to be determined. Still, “the momentum is real. South Korea and Japan are front-runners in wired broadband, and Olympic games are an opportunity to show the world that they intend also to stay ahead in wireless, even if that may mean having to upgrade their 5G networks to comply with a global standard once it is agreed.”
Tags: 5G, Broadband, Global standard, Japan, Network, Olympics, South Korea, Specs, Upgrade, Wireless
