Global situation: rapid growth
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:42 am
The topic of "fifth generation" networks has remained on the Russian news agenda, although the prospects for their deployment are still extremely vague. This is sad, especially in the context of the global situation.
The number of users of "fifth generation" networks in the world in the middle of last year was estimated at 690 million, according todataEricsson Mobility Report. By the end of the year, according to forecasts, it should have reached a billion. Almost every fifth mobile subscriber was already receiving services from the "fifth generation", since, according to Ericsson, about 5 billion people used mobile services in 4G networks.
Note that the 5 billion total iran whatsapp resource number of broadband mobile users includes 5G subscribers, as smartphones that support only the "fifth generation" do not yet exist. The total number of people living on Earth, let us recall, is approaching 8 billion people. 4G penetration also continues, last year the number of subscribers using communications in this standard increased by 70 million, according to the Ericsson Mobility Report.
New networks - old services
Fifth generation networks, as expected, are relevant for mobile operators, as they help to optimally use the frequency resource and provide stable services to a growing number of subscribers. This is especially important in places with a high subscriber density - from stadiums during matches to transfer hubs during rush hour.
However, we have not yet seen the mass distribution of new types of services that use other 5G capabilities, such as low latency. Remote control of machines and surgical operations, VR systems and mobile gaming, "smart roads" and other industrial solutions for manufacturing, logistics, entertainment, etc. - all of this was demonstrated in the form of separate spectacular cases five years ago, but large-scale implementations are not yet noticeable even in developed markets. At the same time, the infrastructure for all of this is already available, and is quite developed and tested.
Situation in the Russian Federation: what's new?
Russian mobile operators will not be allocated frequencies in the most suitable range of 3.4-3.8 GHz for the deployment of 5G networks, asreportsTASS. On the contrary, the Strategy for the Development of the Telecommunications Industry until 2035, which is currently being developed, will include a direct ban on the use of these frequencies - the so-called "golden range" - by commercial networks, since it is given to law enforcement agencies to solve their problems.
It should be noted that the "golden range" was relatively recently allocated for civilian use: it was on these frequencies that WiMax operated. At one time, Rostelecom and MegaFon planned to create a national "fifth generation" operator and in 2015-2017 bought up a number of telecom operators providing communications services in this range along with resource licenses. However, in 2017, the Ministry of Defense and the Federal Protective Service announced the impossibility of using 3.4-3.8 GHz for civilian purposes.
The number of users of "fifth generation" networks in the world in the middle of last year was estimated at 690 million, according todataEricsson Mobility Report. By the end of the year, according to forecasts, it should have reached a billion. Almost every fifth mobile subscriber was already receiving services from the "fifth generation", since, according to Ericsson, about 5 billion people used mobile services in 4G networks.
Note that the 5 billion total iran whatsapp resource number of broadband mobile users includes 5G subscribers, as smartphones that support only the "fifth generation" do not yet exist. The total number of people living on Earth, let us recall, is approaching 8 billion people. 4G penetration also continues, last year the number of subscribers using communications in this standard increased by 70 million, according to the Ericsson Mobility Report.
New networks - old services
Fifth generation networks, as expected, are relevant for mobile operators, as they help to optimally use the frequency resource and provide stable services to a growing number of subscribers. This is especially important in places with a high subscriber density - from stadiums during matches to transfer hubs during rush hour.
However, we have not yet seen the mass distribution of new types of services that use other 5G capabilities, such as low latency. Remote control of machines and surgical operations, VR systems and mobile gaming, "smart roads" and other industrial solutions for manufacturing, logistics, entertainment, etc. - all of this was demonstrated in the form of separate spectacular cases five years ago, but large-scale implementations are not yet noticeable even in developed markets. At the same time, the infrastructure for all of this is already available, and is quite developed and tested.
Situation in the Russian Federation: what's new?
Russian mobile operators will not be allocated frequencies in the most suitable range of 3.4-3.8 GHz for the deployment of 5G networks, asreportsTASS. On the contrary, the Strategy for the Development of the Telecommunications Industry until 2035, which is currently being developed, will include a direct ban on the use of these frequencies - the so-called "golden range" - by commercial networks, since it is given to law enforcement agencies to solve their problems.
It should be noted that the "golden range" was relatively recently allocated for civilian use: it was on these frequencies that WiMax operated. At one time, Rostelecom and MegaFon planned to create a national "fifth generation" operator and in 2015-2017 bought up a number of telecom operators providing communications services in this range along with resource licenses. However, in 2017, the Ministry of Defense and the Federal Protective Service announced the impossibility of using 3.4-3.8 GHz for civilian purposes.