It's Halftime For 5G, And Spirent Is Keeping Score: 4 Themes
RCRWirelessNews, Thursday, February 13th, 2025
'Telecom is poised to deliver the true capabilities of 5G,' new Spirent 5G report says
On the verge of value and game-changing innovation, but not quite there yet-that's the message from Spirent Communications' latest assessment of the state of 5G.
'Refined strategies' are 'coming into focus,' Spirent CEO Eric Updyke writes in the report forward, adding: 'The marquee players are set to deliver real value.'
While 5G Standalone deployments have moved slower than expected, in part due to less monetization of services than the industry had expected, Spirent says that the 'lack of visible commercial deployments in the field doesn't tell the whole story' of 5G SA. 'The real action unfolded behind the scenes, where progress toward large-scale SA rollouts continued at a rapid pace and new 5G-Advanced plays kicked off,' according to the Spirent 5G report.