5G rolling its way through, coverage expected to reach 253.84% in 2025
DATA from financial comparison site Bankr showed that the global 5G coverage will grow by 253.84% in 2025, reaching about 4.1 billion people.
According to Bankr, about 15% of the world population (or 1.17 billion people) already had access to the technology in 2020.
With the more realization of 5G technology’s capability, there is continued momentum to upgrade from 4G with global uptake set to continue.
The 5G coverage build-out can be divided into radio deployments of new bands in the sub-6GHz range, deployments in millimetre-wave frequency bands, and deployments in existing LTE bands.
5G builds on the 4G coverage by introducing low latency, high speed, and enabling high data-intensive applications to perform efficiently.
As a result, the 5G network can handle a massive number of devices compared to the current widely used 4G LTE.
Overall, 5G’s combination of speed, responsiveness, and reach has the potential to unlock the full capabilities of other trends in technology.
The coverage has also grown significantly, driven by a few regions in Asia, the US and Europe, while other regions are still building the infrastructure to accommodate the technology.
Notably, Asia is a current leader in 5G after undergoing a rapid migration in mobile broadband networks and smartphones setting the perfect ground for 5G adoption.
Other regions like the US are catching up with the government proposing new policies to ensure all citizens are covered by the network.
Recently, lawmakers have been keen to ensure local service providers are taking the lead in rolling out 5G technology. Lawmakers are backing a US$3.2 bil proposal for an emergency broadband benefit for low-income Americans.
Although the deployment of 5G faces various challenges, service providers have made progress in addressing major issues like access to the spectrum. The network requires access to several spectrum bands with different attributes.
Furthermore, the cost of setting up frameworks to back faster data is high. It is worth noting that the current telecom infrastructure needs to be upgraded and expanded.
Some telecommunication companies might take time to set up the infrastructure since some don’t plan to monetise the technology soon. – Jan 23, 2021
