5G Connections Set To Rise Past 5.9 Billion By 2027
HelpNet Security, April 10th, 2023
Global 5G wireless connections increased by 76% from the end of 2021 to the end of 2022, reaching up to 1.05 billion, and it will touch a mark of 5.9 billion by the end of 2027, according to Omdia and 5G Americas.
'5G is growing remarkably and scaling faster than any other previous generation of mobile wireless. While deployments and connections are added at a significant pace, the promise of 5G will be realized by technological progress in areas like standalone architecture and network slicing for new use cases,' said Chris Pearson, President of 5G Americas.
Most recent data from Omdia indicates 455 million global 5G connections were added in 2022. Those figures represent 14 percent sequential quarterly growth from 922 million in Q3 2022 to 1.05 billion in Q4 2022. Global 5G connections are forecast to accelerate in 2023, approaching 2 billion and reaching 5.9 billion by the end of 2027.