Gartner Inc, one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms conducted a study which concluded the Worldwide 5G network infrastructure market revenue will almost double in 2020 to reach $8.1 billion, according to the latest forecast by the organization. Though wireless infrastructure revenue as a whole  is expected to reach 4.4% decline at $38.1 billion in 2020, 5G wireless infrastructure spending has gone up nearly 96%. In 2019, 5G network infrastructure only accounted for 10.4% of total wireless infrastructure revenue in 2019, in 2020 it’s projected to reach 21.3%. While 5G wireless infrastructure spending experienced growth, it was nothing compared to the 576% growth which took place in 2019. Other segments such as 2G (-40.8%), 3G (-37.1%), and 4G/LTE (-20.8) declined in it’s… read more

The Small Cell Forum (SCF) published its 2021 work program, detailing commercial and technical initiatives to expand the small cell ecosystem, address deployment barriers and evolve technologies to make secure mobile infrastructure accessible to organizations and communities of all sizes globally. The work program is supported by the findings of SCF’s latest market status report, which identifies rising demand for new cellular services and use cases, particularly in the connected enterprise, community and industrial settings. The report details how such opportunities and deployment scenarios will be supported by new types of service provider partnerships involving, amongst others, neutral hosts, private network operators and system integrators, in addition to traditional MNOs. The report projects that, by 2026, as many as 30% of the installed base of… read more

It has been three months since the term “social distancing” became part of the American lexicon. Social distancing now means that distance learning, working from home, telemedicine, and e-commerce are the primary ways that Americans engage each other. Fortunately, due in part to the current administration’s internet governance policies, U.S. broadband carriers have been able to meet the shifting demand while voluntarily keeping households that are unable to make payments connected. Despite its global leadership in quality of connectivity, the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated shutdown of businesses and schools have exacerbated the Digital Divide. In particular, rural connectivity lags and many lower income families lack the necessary digital tools to connect. Additionally, as people are unable to visit their doctors, they need to use… read more