Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Technology: The 5G Radio Access Network

5G RAN Standards

5G RAN Market Requirements

5G RAN Technologies

5G RAN Competitive Landscape

Technology: The 5G Core

Key Technologies and Capabilities for Evolution to 5G

5G Core Standards

5G Core Market Requirements

5G Core Competitive Landscape

Technology: The 5G Transport Network

5G Transport Standards

5G Market Requirements

5G Transport Competitive Landscape

Key Recommendations

Appendix

Acronyms and Definitions

Companies Mentioned

Related Research

About GlobalData

Contact Information

5G Technology Overview, Use Cases and Demand Forecast\" is a thematic research report by GlobalData that gives an overview of the 5G technology and the main trends worldwide. Data consumption is set to grow fourfold in the next five years. 5G will, for the first time, go beyond increased bandwidth and capacity, as was the focus in previous wireless generations, adding low latency, high density and high reliability. These capabilities will enable a variety of use cases, opening the door to new, predominantly business focused services such as self-driving cars and smart cities.
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\"Positioning 5G: Telco Case Studies\", a thematic research report by GlobalData, delves into 5G technology and applications as applicable to 18 major telecoms service providers around the world. It examines their strategic motivations and network milestones, with specific focus on South Korea, Japan, the US, China and Europe. 5G will, for the first time, go beyond increased bandwidth and capacity, as was the focus of previous wireless generations, adding low latency, high density and high reliability.

Scope
5G goes beyond previous wireless generations, with additional capabilities beyond increased bandwidths and capacities, resulting in new opportunities but also additional challenges in complexity.
5G is gaining momentum, given that standardization timelines have been brought forward. As a result, in Japan, South Korea and USA all the major operators are planning to launch IMT 2020 based services during 2019. Important events such as Olympics are an additional driver in a number of countries.
The 28GHz frequency band is enjoying the most initial focus, and will support early services in South Korea and US, although it is not available in all regions. The 3.5GHz frequency band has, by some way, the broadest support across key regions including US, where it is to become available as shared spectrum. Many other high frequency bands are also being considered, notably 2.5GHz, 4GHz and 39GHz; these will be complemented by low frequency bands also, including 600MHz, 700MHz and 1.3GHz.
The 5G business case for operators depends very much on small cell deployment and the associated availability of high capacity backhaul.
Reasons to buy
5G Technology Overview
- The report provides a global view of the opportunity in deploying 5G and growth trends in terms of subscriptions, as well as new use cases with customized communications.
- This analysis is useful for telecom executives to evaluate their position vis-à-vis the major growth opportunities in 5G and make informed decisions about strategic investments, value proposition and growth strategies to rapidly grow their 5G networks.
- The report provides valuable insights about use cases made possible by the 5G family of technologies.
- The report benchmarks five countries and regions and their attitude vis a vis 5G deployment and trends in terms of launch and pace of take-up of 5G mobile subscriptions.
Positioning 5G: Telco Case Studies
- This report provides a global view of the network milestones and envisaged opportunities in deploying 5G and growth trends for eighteen of the world’s most advanced providers of mobile telephony.
- This analysis is useful for telecom executives to evaluate their position vis-à-vis the major growth opportunities in 5G and make informed decisions about strategic investments, value proposition and growth strategies to rapidly grow their 5G networks.
- The report provides valuable insights about variety of approaches operators are taking with the evolution of the 5G family of technologies.
- The report allows comparison of network readiness and 5G roll out progression among operators in different countries.
Companies mentioned
China Telecom
Unicom
China Mobile
AT&T
KT
Verizon
Deutsche Telekom
NTT DOCOMO
Softbank
Sprint
T-Mobile USA
EE
Singtel
Swisscom
Telefonica
TIM
Etisalat
Orange
Vodafone
KDDI
Telia