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Ericsson has released its “5G Readiness Survey 2017”. The report shows that many operators have accelerated preparations for the new technology and that trials are being carried out by 78% of the respondents. Furthermore, 28% expect to deploy fifth generation (5G) in 2018.
The survey also shows that operators have further developed their business strategies for 5G services. They are now looking beyond the consumer segment and foresee opportunities in the business and industrial areas. According to the survey, operators are seeing that the consumer market is becoming saturated.
 As a result, 5G planning this year is more evenly distributed across specialized industry segments (58%), business users (56%), and consumers (52%). Those surveyed highlighted the top three industry sectors as media and entertainment, automotive, and public transport, but many also ranked health care as well as energy and utilities among the most attractive sectors for 5G applications.
A clear majority of the respondents believe that the Internet of Things (IoT) will play an important role and that third-party collaboration will be essential in this context.
In terms of 5G monetization, those polled believe that additional revenue will be generated from increased market share, migration of fourth-generation (4G) subscribers, higher prices for new services, and expansion into new business and industry segments. The respondents, 50 executives in business and technical areas who work for 37 operators globally that have announced publicly they are working on 5G, were interviewed in July 2017.
Huawei Wireless X Labs has a new white paper exploring the “Top Ten 5G Use Cases.” By analyzing multiple dimensions, such as industry reliance on 5G, business value, and service maturity, the document identifies ten of the most promising 5G use cases that are leading the future direction of the 5G industry.
According to the report, industries that require higher bandwidth and lower latency will be more reliant on 5G, and the larger the market space, the more commercial value a service can deliver. For example, as the computing and storage resources of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are located on the cloud, a network is needed that can provide a latency of 5 ms and data rates of 9.5 Gb/s to guarantee a high-quality experience.
The white paper also predicts that, by 2025, the cloud VR/AR market volume will be US$292 billion. Carriers can benefit from this huge commercial value. Through selection and sequencing, Huawei Wireless X Labs identifies the following ten most promising 5G use cases: cloud VR/AR, connected automotive, smart manufacturing, connected energy, wireless e-health, wireless home entertainment, connected drones, social networks, personal artificial intelligence assistants, and smart cities.
Full article: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Volume 13, Number 1, March 2018 |
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