Summary

Three years after its launch, 5G is maturing. The telecoms industry is under pressure to deliver seamless, fast and reliable 5G connections. It has invested heavily and continues to do so.
By the end of 2023, it will have been launched in more than 80 countries and on more than 200 networks around the world. It continues to be rolled out globally and is gradually integrating new features.

This report analyses the state of the art of 5G and the key challenges for 5G and beyond.

  • It explores the key challenges and drivers of market growth and change.
  • It includes 5G market forecasts in volume and value to 2028 by country and use case.

Regions and countries covered

  • North America: USA – Canada
  • Asia-Pacific: South Korea – China – Japan – India
  • Europe: Belgium – Finland – France – Germany – Greece – Italy – Poland – Spain – Sweden – Turkey – United Kingdom
  • Middle East: Bahrain – Kuwait – Oman – Qatar – United Arab Emirates – Saudi Arabia

Table of contents

1. Executive summary

2. 5G Markets – Key facts

3. 5G Markets – Key numbers
3.1. Top 20 by number of subscribers
3.2. 5G subscription and revenue forecasts up to 2028
3.3. Global 5G coverage enhanced
3.4. 5G coverage enhanced in EEA and EFTA countries

4. 5G Markets – Markets, coverage and technology
4.1. 5G is worldwide
4.2. Growing demand for more than additional GB
4.3. 5G coverage
4.4. 5G coverage is steadily increasing
– China – France – Germany – Italy – Japan – South Korea – Spain – United Kingdom – United States
4.5. 5G deployments in major mobile markets

List of tables and figures

List of tables and figures

3. 5G Markets – Key numbers
• Top leading countries by number of subscribers (000, December 2022)
• Top leading players by number of subscribers (000, December 2022)
• 5G global subscriptions by region in 2020 and 2028 (%)
• 5G subscriptions in the world by use case, 2020-2028 (million)
• 5G’s share of mobile subscriptions, 2020-2028 (%)
• 5G global revenues by region in 2020 and 2028 (%)
• 5G revenues in the world by use case, 2020-2028 (million)
• 5G’s share of mobile revenues in the world, 2020-2028 (%)
• World 5G coverage
• 5G coverage in EEA and EFTA countries

4. 5G Markets – Markets, coverage and technology
• International 5G markets scope
• 5G range segmentation strategies
• Overview of 5G coverage by country
– China – France – Germany – Italy – Japan – South Korea – Spain – United Kingdom – United States
• 5G deployments in major mobile markets

Geographic area

Asia-Pacific
  • China
  • India
  • Japan
  • South Korea
Europe
  • Belgium
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
Middle East & Africa
  • Bahrain
  • Kuwait
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United Arab Emirates
North America
  • Canada
  • United States
World

Players

  • Alfa
  • Altice
  • Apple
  • AT&T
  • Batelco
  • Bell
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Bouygues Telecom
  • China Broadnet
  • China Mobile
  • China Telecom
  • China Unicom
  • Cisco
  • Cosmote
  • DNA
  • Drei Hutchison
  • Du
  • EE
  • Egypt Telecom
  • EIR
  • Elisa
  • Ericsson
  • Etisalat
  • Free Mobile
  • Huawei
  • Intel
  • KDDI
  • KT
  • LG U+
  • MCI
  • Motorola
  • MTN
  • Netgear
  • Nokia
  • NTT DoCoMo
  • O2
  • Omantel
  • Ooredoo
  • Optus
  • Orange
  • Play
  • Plus
  • Proximus
  • Qualcomm
  • Rakuten Mobile
  • Reliance Jio
  • Rogers
  • Salt
  • Samsung
  • SFR
  • SingTel
  • SK Telecom
  • SoftBank
  • STC
  • Sunrise
  • Swisscom
  • Tele2
  • Telecom Italia
  • Telefónica
  • Telenet
  • Telia
  • Telstra
  • Telus
  • Three
  • T-Mobile
  • TT Mobil
  • Turkcell
  • Verizon
  • Viva
  • Vodafone
  • WindTre
  • Xiaomi
  • Zain
  • ZTE

Other details

  • Reference: M00084MR1A
  • Delivery: on the DigiWorld Interactive platform
  • Languages available: French, English
  • Tags: 5G, 5G launches, 5G revenue, 5G subscriptions, commercial 5G, mobile market, Spectrum, wireless market

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