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Wireless industry enterprise customer revenue to surpass consumer revenue on 5G networks
2021/05/12 - C-Band will help deploy a new generation of wireless time sensitive networks (TSN)
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2021/05/12 - C-Band will help deploy a new generation of wireless time sensitive networks (TSN)
Detroit, MI, May 12, 2021 – US wireless carriers’ winning bids of a massive $80+ billion at the recent C-Band spectrum auction were completely necessary, and strategically complementary to their investment in 5G technology like Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) and massive MIMO to generate new revenue streams, and for the first time in wireless, use of this spectrum is predicted to lead to enterprise customer revenue surpassing consumer revenue across the wireless industry. These are just two of the conclusions from the C-Band Report released today by umlaut, a global, full-service, cross-industry, infrastructure and benchmarking specialist providing advisory and fulfilment services to clients in numerous industries all over the world.
“This mid-band spectrum is a tremendous asset that will be a critical part of a strategic, multi-band network deployment strategy,” said Hakan Ekmen, umlaut’s US Managing Director. “As US carriers begin the work to get this valuable spectrum cleared and deployed, we believe that the mobile network operators that can provide consistently low latency, and ultimately availability, will be able to differentiate and win customers in the enterprise space and best monetize their investment in this spectrum.”
Highlights and findings from the C-Band Whitepaper include:
“When you combine the fact that C-Band radio units and antennas are both widely available and aggressively being installed now, and that the vast majority of new 5G capable devices support C-Band out of the box, C-Band deployments will be unleashed sooner than many expect,” said Ekmen. “This deployment will provide the carriers with the ability to enhance their 5G networks with massive additional capacity, lower latency and higher sustained speeds.”