GSA Market Snapshot March-2024
308 commercial 5G networks launched worldwide
By the end of January 2024, GSA had identified 585 operators in 176 countries and territories investing in 5G, including trials, acquisition of licences, planning, network deployment and launches. This number excludes nearly 200 additional companies awarded priority access licences in the US auction of CBRS spectrum, which could potentially be used for 5G.
- Of those, 308 operators in 118countries and territories had launched or soft-launched at least one 3GPP-compliant 5G service
- 297operators in 117countries and territories had launched or soft-launched 5G mobile services
- 153 operators in 71 countries and territories had launched or soft-launched 3GPP-compliant 5G fixed wireless access services —just over 49% of those with launched 5G services
- 12 operators had announced soft launches of 5G networks
- 124 operators are identified as investing in standalone 5G (including those evaluating, testing, piloting, planning and deploying as well as those that have launched standalone 5G networks). GSA has catalogued 49 operators as having deployed, launched or soft-launched standalone 5G in public networks
GSA Market Snapshot March-2024
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