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You Can't Spell USA Without 5G With Mobile World Congress in the rearview window now, the geographical consensus on 5G seems to be: China will dominate; competition in the US will heat up quickly; and Europe is in danger of lagging in deployments. Of course, trials are just starting and product development is still underway, but those seem to be the general takeaways from a whirlwind week of meetings, press conferences and news announcements. (See China Mobile Stands Alone in Ambitious 5G Plans and Seen & Heard at MWC: 5G Across the Globe.) When it comes to the US, all four of the major wireless operators -- AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile -- made announcements and issued timelines for their deployment plans. Light Reading Mobile Editor Dan Jones has put together a helpful cheat sheet to keep you up to date on plans for the US. Check it out right here: 5G in the USA: A Post-MWC Update It's safe to say 5G is well on its way to the US. Widespread deployment is still a few years out, but smartphones will be arriving in 2019, at which time they will work on several networks... in at least several markets. (See 5G in the US Heats Up – Sort Of.) — Sarah Thomas, Contributing Editor, Telco Transformation |
 The search giant intends to cut humans out of some of its processes and deal with the strain of massive data usage by using more automation in its network.
AT&T says it is ready to go commercial with 5G having consistently achieved 1Gbit/s speeds on mmWave connections in its trials.
NSF is pledging $100 million over seven years in a public-private partnership to test 5G technologies in real-world scenarios in Salt Lake City and New York City.
A new report from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission plays up the potential for 5G speeds, suggesting 5G could persuade consumers to give up fixed-line broadband.
More 5G predictions are rolling out as CCS Insights says that the US may be the first to launch 5G, but China will soon dominate it.
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