VIAVI Predicts 55 5G Networks Go Live by Year-End

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VIAVI Solutions Inc. revealed new data demonstrating how quickly 5G networks are rolling out worldwide, with 55 commercial 5G networks expected to be live before the start of 2020 — the year that 5G was originally expected to debut. The information is derived from Viavi’s report: “The State of 5G Deployments.”

A total of 13 commercial 5G networks were launched during 2018, including both mobile and fixed wireless deployments. 

As the race to deliver 5G rapidly escalates, VIAVI findings indicate that deployments will more than triple this year, with 42 new network launches anticipated in 2019. A large proportion of these deployments will be located in Europe and the Middle East (21 and 14, respectively), followed by 10 in Asia, eight in the Americas and two in the Australasia region.  

The pace of commercial deployments is a clear indication of the competition to offer 5G services. At this time last year, only 28 service providers had reported that they were in field trials with 5G architecture. This rapid deployment escalation comes in spite of the fact that 3GPP standards for 5G are not expected to be final until 2020. Service providers need to be careful about finalizing architectures, and detailed technical information about deployment plans is still limited, according to VIAVI.

The data for the latest report was compiled from publicly available sources for information purposes only, as part of the VIAVI practice of tracking trends. The State of 5G Deployments is a companion document to the VIAVI Gigabit Monitor, a visual database of gigabit internet deployments worldwide.

February 20, 2019

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