As
China’s telecom trio launches 5G services in China, it marks 50th 3GPP
compliant commercial 5G launches in the world. As per GSA data, currently 50
operators are offering 5G services globally, in 27 different countries by the
end of October 2019. Europe is most 5G dense continent, with 21 operators
catering 5G in 12 countries.
The
report also noted that 328
operators in 109 countries had announced they were investing in 5G.
Joe Barrett, the President of the GSA commented:
"I think that we have all been surprised by how quickly 5G has taken off,
with deployments and commitments from across the globe gathering pace. This
latest milestone, combined with commercial launches in the world’s largest
mobile market, is set to lead to an explosion in 5G users and also have a
knock-on impact on driving both use cases and innovation.”
5G is expected to deliver speeds atleast 20X better speed than 4G.
First commerical 5G network was launched in South Korea, by SK Telecom, but there is some controversy that Verizon of USA is the first 5G operator to launch 5G for end users.
List of 5G Carriers (by October, 2019):
Oceania
Australia - Optus,
Telstra
Newzealand - Spark
2 countries, 3 operators
Europe
Austria - 3
Austria
Estonia - Elisa
Finland - Elisa,
TeliaSonera
Germany - T-Mobile,
Vodafone
Ireland - eir,
Vodafone
Italy - TIM,
Vodafone
Latvia - Tele2
Monaco - Monaco
Telecom
Romania - RCS
& RDS [Digi Mobil], Vodafone
Spain - Vodafone
Switzerland - Sunrise
Communications, Swisscom
UK - 3
UK, EE, O2, Vodafone
12 countries, 21 operators
Africa
Lesotho - Vodacom
South
Africa - Rain
2 countries, 2 operators
Asia
Bahrain - Batelco,
Viva
China - China
Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom
Kuwait - Ooredoo,
Viva, Zain
Maldives - Dhiraagu
Philippines - Globe
Qatar - Ooredoo,
Vodafone
Republic
of Korea - KT
Corporation, LG Uplus, SK Telecom
Saudi
Arabia - STC,
Zain
United
Arab Emirates - Du,
Etisalat
9 countries, 19 operators
North America
USA - AT&T
Mobility, Sprint, T-Mobile US, Verizon Wireless
1 country, 4 operators
South America
Uruguay - Antel
1 country, 1 operator
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