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THE PROMISE OF 5G WHAT THE FIFTH GENERATION OF MOBILE BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY MEANS FOR ENTERPRISES
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G makes new applications and transformative business changes possible with low latency and higher bandwidth. According to the GSMA report, 5G connections will account for one-fifth of global mobile connections this year. Moreover, its penetration is moving faster than previous generations of mobile network technology. A recent GSMA analysis reveals that the strong development of 5G in the GCC has delivered some of the fastest 5G services as the region was one of the first to assign the key mid-band spectrum for 5G. The regional telecom giants – Etisalat, STC and Ooredoo – competed to be the world’s first
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5G operator in 2018, and since then spectrum assignment has fostered growth opportunities. It adds that today mobile operators in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and UAE have access to more than 1 GHz of licensed spectrum to provide mobile broadband services in the low- and mid-bands. While governments and regulators are striving to enable 5G in the most efficient manner possible, some top trends will shape the state of 5G in 2022. “With the increased number of 5G Standalone networks deployments, we expect that utilisation of the network slicing technique will accelerate throughout the year,” says Zoran Lazarevic, Chief Technology Officer,
Zoran Lazarevic
