5G Devices Summary February 2021 – Global Update
Key facts
The number of announced 5G devices rose 5% in the first month of 2021; there are now 588 announced 5G devices, which is an increase of over 60% in the last six months. Of these 588 announced devices, 62% are understood to be commercially available. This takes the total number of commercially available 5G devices to 365, representing a growth of 46.6% in the last three months.
By end-January 2021, GSA had identified:
twenty-nine other devices (including drones, head-mounted displays, including in vehicle routers/modems/hotspots, robots, snap-on dongles/adapters, a switch, TVs, USB terminals/dongles/modems, cameras, a vehicle OBU, a vending machine and an encoder).
We can expect the device ecosystem to continue to grow quickly and for more information about announced devices to become available as they reach the market. Based on vendors’ previous statements and recent rates of device release, we might expect to see the number of commercial devices surpassing the 400 mark by the end of Q1 2021. GSA will be tracking and reporting regularly on these 5G device launch announcements. Its GAMBoD database contains key details about device form factors, features and support for spectrum bands. Summary statistics are released in this regular monthly publication.
Not all devices are available immediately and specification details remain limited for some devices.
5G Devices Summary February 2021 – Global Update
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