5G-Ecosystem December 2025
As of December 2025, GSA had catalogued 4,058 announced 5G devices, with 3,658 (90.1%) commercially available — reflecting a 27.7% increase over the past year. The ecosystem spans over 40 device form factors from 330 manufacturers.
Key highlights from the December 2025 update include:
- Phones continue to dominate, with 2,165 models (at least 2,076 commercially available).
- Industrial routers or modems (391) retain second place, followed by modules (380), fixed wireless access CPE (359) and hot spots (114).
- At least 260 fixed wireless access devices for indoor and outdoor use are now commercially available.
- GSA identified 1,092 devices supporting standalone 5G in sub-6 GHz bands; 898 are commercially available.
- Regarding spectrum, 81.7% of devices support sub-6 GHz, but only 5.2% support millimetre wave. Dual support is found in just 3.3% of devices. Band n78 remains the most widely supported, followed by n41, n1 and n77.
GSA expects continued growth and increasing detail as more devices reach the market and become available in its GAMBoD database.
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5G-Ecosystem December 2025
