{"id":192068,"date":"2017-08-19T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=192068"},"modified":"2017-08-18T16:19:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T14:19:36","slug":"companies-are-ready-to-spend-big-on-5g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/192068\/companies-are-ready-to-spend-big-on-5g\/","title":{"rendered":"Companies are ready to spend big on 5G"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than\u00a075% of organisations are willing to pay more for\u00a05G mobile capabilities over the current 4G standard, according to a new survey by Gartner.<\/p>\n

This is most likely to be driven by telecommunications the report found, with\u00a0Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom all in the running to boast these higher speeds in South Africa.<\/p>\n

“Those in the telecom industry are more likely to be prepared to pay more than those in other industries,” said\u00a0Sylvain Fabre, research director at Gartner.<\/p>\n

“End-user organisations in the manufacturing, services and government sectors, for example, are less likely to be willing to pay a premium for 5G than telecom companies, which are willing to pay a 5G premium for their internal use.”<\/p>\n

5G refers to the next “fifth” generation of wireless technologies, which will be next evolution of networks. There is currently no established standard for the technology.<\/p>\n

In addition to offering better prices for industries in which users are less convinced of the business benefits of 5G,\u00a0communications service providers\u00a0(CSPs) must create value propositions that entice customers to start 5G migration projects sooner, the report said.<\/p>\n

This is because, despite the survey finding that companies were prepared to pay more for the new technology, less than 8% of the same respondents expect 5G to deliver cost savings or increase revenues.<\/p>\n

According to the report, this is because\u00a05G is seen principally as a network evolution (59%), and only secondarily as an enabler of\u00a0digital business\u00a0(37%).<\/p>\n

The survey also found that respondents from the telecom sector are less persuaded than those in other industries that 5G will be a revenue enhancer.<\/p>\n

“They tend to see 5G migration as a matter of gradual and inevitable infrastructural change, rather than as an opportunity to generate new revenue,” said Fabre.<\/p>\n

Why they’re buying 5G<\/b><\/h3>\n

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The survey found that almost half the respondents intend to use 5G to access videos and fixed wireless capabilities.<\/p>\n

More interestingly, though, the majority of respondents (57%) believe that their organisation\u2019s main intention is to use 5G to drive\u00a0Internet of Things\u00a0(IoT) communication.<\/p>\n

“This finding is surprising, as the number of deployed ‘things’ that need cellular connectivity won’t exceed the capacity of existing cellular IoT technologies before 2023 in most regions,” said Fabre.<\/p>\n

“And even once fully implemented, 5G will suit only a narrow subset of IoT use cases that require a combination of very high data rates and very low latency. In addition, 5G won’t be ready to support massive machine-type communications, or ultra-reliable and low-latency communications, until early 2020.”<\/p>\n

“This finding may also be a sign of confusion about 5G’s applicability, as many proven and less expensive alternatives already exist for wireless IoT connectivity \u2014 use of Wi-Fi, ZigBee or Bluetooth, for example, would avoid the cost and complexity associated with cellular communications,” he said.<\/p>\n

A degree of misunderstanding is probably also apparent in the expressed belief by a large majority of the respondents (84%) that 5G will be widely available by 2020.<\/p>\n

By contrast, CSPs’ plans indicate that wide availability may not be achieved before 2022.<\/p>\n

Gartner predicts that, by 2020, only 3% of the world’s network-owning mobile CSPs will have launched 5G networks commercially.<\/p>\n

“Although standards-compliant commercial network equipment could be available by 2019, commercial rollouts of 5G networks and services by CSPs before 2019 are likely to use pre-standard equipment,” added \u00a0Fabre.<\/p>\n

“CSPs’ marketing organisations need realistic roadmaps for 5G coverage and typical performance, so that they communicate with customers accurately.”<\/p>\n

“They also need to publish clear 5G rollout plans for the years 2019 to 2021 to help innovators understand when and where 5G will be available for IoT applications,” he said.<\/p>\n

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