Ctia-5G現(xiàn)狀：評(píng)估進(jìn)展并規(guī)劃前進(jìn)道路（英）

The

State

of

5GEvaluatingProgressandChartingthePath

ForwardJuly2023Eachsuccessivegenerationofwirelesstechnologybringsnewtoolsandopportunitiesto

improveourconnectedworld.5Ghasarrived,anditiso?to

agreat

start.TheUnitedStates

leadstheworldindeploying5G,withmore5Gavailabilitythananyothercountry.5G’s

faster

speedsandmoreresponsivenetworksaredrivingstrongconsumerandenterpriseadoption.Thewirelessindustryisdelivering5Gaheadofschedule,investingrecord,world-leadingamountsofcapitalto

deploy5Gfaster

thananypreviousgenerationofwireless.Analystsexpect5Gwillultimatelyadd$1.5trillionto

America’s

economyandcontributeat

least

4.5millionnewjobs.U.S.

networks

are

leadingtheway

in5G,withrecordwireless

investment

deliveringnationwide

deployment

fasterthananyprevious

generation.Expectations

are

highfor

5G,andthewireless

industry

isonpace

to

deliver

ourconnectedfuture

ahead

ofschedule.5Gwirelessnetworks,builtonafoundationoffull-power,licensedspectrum,o?erthemostreliableandsecurewirelessconnectivityavailable,makingittheidealplatformfortheindustriesofthefuture.5G’s

firstbigimpactisinhomebroadband,where5GisAmerica’s

fastest

growinghomeinternetservice,bringingrealcompetitionto

cable.Withnew

5Gapplications,

demandisrapidly

increasing—mobiletra?ic

doubledlast

year

compared

to

theyear

before,

andEricssonpredicted

thatbetween2020and2027consumerswillnearlyquintupletheirmobiledata

useperyear.

Estimatesindicatewewillneed400megahertzofadditionalmid-bandspectrumtomeetprojecteddemandin5

years,

andnearly

1500megahertz

in10years.

Today,

however,

there

are

noplannedspectrum

auctionsinthepipeline.5Giso?to

atremendousstart,andour5Gplatformwillbecomemoretransformativeeachyearasnetworkcapabilitiesgrowandthe5Ginnovationecosystemtakes

o?.

Still,moremustbedonetoensure5Gcanreachitspotential.Decisiveactionto

re-establishtheFCC’s

auctionauthorityandidentifyapipelineofexclusivelylicensed,

full-power

mid-band

spectrum

issorely

neededto

securethefutureofAmerica’s

competitivenessandnationalsecurity.The

state

of

5G

is

strong.Table

of

ContentsThePromiseof5G

8DeliveringAheadofSchedule

12HistoricInvestmentFueledUnprecedentedDeployment

16DrivingSecure,InnovativeAccess

forAll

18EnablingInnovationThroughouttheEconomy

20DrivingInnovationAcrossIndustrySectors

22ProvidingtheMostSecureandReliableWirelessNetworks

26MaintainingCompetitivenessandNationalSecurity

28MoreMustBeDoneto

SecureOur5GFuture

32TheBestof5GIsYet

to

Come

36Conclusion

40Endnotes

42The

Promise

of

5GEachwirelessgenerationdeliveredbetterserviceandnewcapabilitiestoconsumersandbusinesses.Thefirstwirelessnetworksletuscommunicateonthego,

butonlybyvoice,andservicewasspotty.Theadventof2Gbroughtdigitaltechnologyto

wireless,3Gpavedthewayfortheinitialmobileinternet,and4Genabledtruemobilebroadband,unleashingtheappeconomyandinspiringotherindustriesto

harnessthepowerofwireless.5Gwillbemuchfaster

than4G,withspeedsupto

100xfaster.

5Gisreducinglatency,orthedelaythatoccurswhendata

istransmittedacrossdistances.Lowlatencyisespeciallyimportantformachine-to-machinecommunicationsthatrequireprecisetiming.5Gisexpectedto

be5timesmoreresponsivethan4G.5Gtechnologywillalsobeableto

handle100timesthenumberofconnecteddevices,enablingdensedeploymentsofconnecteddevicesandpoweringsmartcities.As

discussedbelow,wearealreadyseeingagreatjumpinthesecapabilities.Therealhallmarkof5Gisitsflexibility.

While

4G

was

designed

to

do

one

thingwell—bring

internet

access

to

mobile

phones—5G

can

dynamically

adapt

toprovide

optimized

connectivity

to

a

wide

variety

of

di?erent

use

cases.

Forexample,ifembeddedsensorsforsmartagricultureneedto

extendbatterylifeasmuchaspossible,the5Gnetworkcansimplifycommunications,reducingtheneedforprocessingonthesensoritself.5GNorth

American

Mobile

Network

Life

Cycles4G3G2G1G1980199020002010202020302040982023

State

of

5GUse

Cases

Will

Drive

the

5G

Economy5G’S

ENORMOUS

EXPECTED

IMPACTTheflexibleandpowerfulcapabilitiesof5Gnetworkspromiseto

enablewirelessconnectivitythatismoredeeplyintegratedintoeconomicandsocialsystems,making5Garealengineforinnovation.5Ghastransformativepotentialinseveralkeysectorsofoureconomy,includinghealthcare,transportation,education,manufacturing,energy,agriculture,publicsafety,andmore.5G

will

spur

massive

economic

growth

across

the

United

States,

with

BCGestimating

an

addition

of

approximately

4.5

million

jobs

and

an

increase

ofabout

$1.5

trillion

in

U.S.

GDP

over

the

5G

decade.1

By

poweringinnovativehealthcare

applications

andmakingorganizations

moree?icient,

Deloitte

projects5Gtechnology

willsave$305billioninhealthcare

costs

every

year.2

5Gtechnologywillalsosupportimportant

safety

features

ofconnected

cars,

enablemassiveIoTdeployments,

andenhance

detailed

supplychainanalyticsto

improve

logistics

andoptimizefleetmanagement.Analystsestimatethatwireless-poweredsmartcitysolutions

will

add

$1.8

trillion

to

the

U.S.

economy

and

deliver

$160

billion

in

benefitsandsavings

throughe?iciencieslikelowerenergyuseandreducedcongestion.3Sensor

networksConsumer(smartcities,precisionagriculture)(wearables,smarthome,ARgaming)Public

safety(gunshotdetection,AR-assistedfirefighting)Logistics

&

trackingAdvancedmanufacturingiscriticalto

ournation’s

competitiveness,economicgrowth,andqualityoflife.Dronecommerceisexpectedto

addmorethan$80billionto

theeconomyandcreate

100,000newjobsas5Ghelpsunlockthistechnology’sfullcommercialpotential.4

Weareseeingsignificantinvestmentinnewusescasesandapplicationsthattake

advantageof5G’s

advancedcapabilities,thanksto

itsrapiddeployment.5GIndustry

4.0Fixed

wireless

access(self-optimizingproduction,inventorymanagement,AR-assistedjobs)Extreme

mobile

broadband(streaming,conferencing,virtualo?ices,broadbandincrowdedplaces)E-health(connectedambulances,AR-enabledtelemedicine)Connected

vehicles11102023

State

of

5GDelivering

Ahead

of

Schedule5G

Availability

in

Select

MarketsTheUnitedStates

hasmaderemarkableachievementswith5Gdeployment.Comparedto

thelaunchof4G,providersaredeliveringbroadercoverageat

afaster

pace,andconsumersareadopting5Gdevicesmorequickly.Acrossseveralnetworkperformancemetrics,5Gisdeliveringaheadofschedule.Whilewearestillintheearlystages

ofwhatwillbeadecade-long5Ginvestmentcycle,U.S.wirelessprovidershavealreadybuiltastrong5Gplatformforinnovation,jobcreation,andeconomicgrowththatwillcontinueto

growintheyearsto

come.Cyprus48%South

Korea35%DEPLOYMENT5Gdeploymentismovingat

afaster

pace

than4G.

The

first

5G

networkachieved

nationwide

coverage

twice

as

fast

compared

to

4G,5

and

the

threemajor

providers

were

able

to

provide

nationwide

networks

1.5

times

fasterthan

with

4G.65GnetworksacrosstheUnitedStates

alreadycoverover325millionpeople,givingustheworld’s

mostavailable5Gnetworks.OoklaputstheUnitedStates

astheworldleaderinavailability,withover54percentofconnectionsfrom5G-capablehandsetsconnectingto

a5Gnetworkmostofthetime.7

ThisputsusaheadofSouthKoreabyalmost20points,atrulyremarkablefeat.8

We’re

at

nearlydoublethe5GavailabilityofChina,whichisat

27.3percent.9United

States54%Netherlands34%Australia33%Thisquickinitialdeploymentunderscoresthewirelessindustry’scommitmentto

globalleadership,whichonlycontinuesasnetworksexpandanddensify.Asdiscussedfurtherbelow,5Gworksbestwithamixofdi?erenttypesofspectrum,andoperatorsdonotyethaveaccessto

anoptimalblendoffrequencies.Whilethebase-lineinitialplatformof5Ghasbeenquicklydeployedat

awidescale,5Gnetworkswillneedto

keepgettingbetterto

meetAmerica’s

wirelessneeds.Thailand29%Norway28%China27%Bulgaria25%Faster

Nationwide

DeploymentFrance19%Germany18%United

Kingdom17%Sweden9%4G5GOokla’savailabilitymetricmeasuresthepercentofconnectionsfroma5Gcapablehandsetconnectingto5Gnetworksmostofthetime.Itisthusameasureofbothadoptionanddeployment.Chinafiguresarefrompersonalcommunication.13122023

State

of

5GCONSUMER

ADOPTIONWireless

Speeds

Keep

Getting

BetterConsumersarealsoadopting5Gquickly.Comparing5G’s

adoptionto

4G,wefindthattwoyemillionpeoplesubscribedto

5Gversus38.6millionsubscriptionstwoyethefirstlarge-scale4Glaunch.10

Lookingat

marketpenetrationat

thesametwo-yearmark,almost15percentofAmericanshavesubscribedto

5G,comparedto19Mbps2016about12percenttwoye11Today,

overoneinthreeAmericanadultshaveanactive5Gdevice—aquicklygrowingcontingent:

The

number

of

5G

devices

in

the

United

States

grew

over500

percent

between

2020

and

2021

to

85

million.1227Mbps2018NETWORK

PERFORMANCE44Mbps5Gisalreadyshowingmarkedimprovementoverearliergenerationsofwirelessacrossseveralperformancecriteria.Wirelessnetworkspeed(ordata

throughput)isoneofthemostimportantfactorsa?ectinguserexperience,especiallyfordata-hungryapplicationslikestreamingvideo.Againcomparedto

the4Gera,5Gisbringingbiggerimprovementsfaster

thanwesawbefore.Eightthelaunchof4G,averagedownloadspeedswereonlyabout3timesfaster

thanthepreviousgeneration.Overasimilartimeframe,5Gspeedsweremorethan16timesfaster

than4Gspeeds.Thatmeans5G’s

rate

ofspeedincreaseisover5timesfaster

than4G’s.13

Speedson5Gnetworksarenowroutinelyover100Mbps,andcontinuallygettingfaster.2020128Mbps2022MediandownloadspeedLatencyisanotherimportantperformancemetric,measuringthetimedelayasinformationtransfersacrossthenetwork.Lowlatencyiscriticalto

havingaresponsivenetwork,

andfor

someapplications,

suchas5G-enableddriverlesscars,precision

robotics,

orhigh-qualityaugmented

reality,

itreally

matters.

Here

again,

5Gisalready

bringingmeasurable

improvements

inoverall

responsiveness.

Accordingto

real-world

Ooklameasurements,

onlyabout15percent

of4Gconnections

havea

latency

ofunder20milliseconds,

whereas

more

than80percent

ofhigh-band

5Gconnections

are

faster

than20ms.14

That

makes

fora

roughly5

timesimprovementover4Glatency,helpingempowermorereal-timeapplications.Forpolicydiscussions,spectrumcanbebrokendowninto

low,midandhighbands.Low-band

spectrum

(spectrum

below

3

GHz)

cancoverwideareaswithasinglecelltowerandcanpropagatewellthroughfoliageandaroundbuildings.Low-bandprovidescrucialfoundationalcoverage.High-band

spectrum

(spectrum

above

24

GHz)

providesextremelyhigh-speedconnectionsbyusingwhattheindustrycallsmmWavetechnology—relyingonthetinywavelengthsofthishigh-frequencyspectrum,measuredinmillimeters.Whilehigh-bandspectrumprovidesgreatperformance,itdoesnotpropagatevery

far

andiseasilyblockedbyobstructions.Spectrumplaysacriticalroleindetermining5Gnetworkperformance.Electromagneticspectrum—theinvisibleradiowavesbywhichmobiledatatravelsthroughtheair—hasdi?erentpropertiesdependingonitsfrequencyandwavelength.5Gworksbestwhenithasamixofdi?erenttypesofspectrumto

beableto

optimizeconnectivityfordi?erentusecases.Mid-band

spectrum

(focused

on

spectrum

between

3

and

8.5

GHz)providesahappymedium:itcanleverageadvancesintechnologytoprovidehighcapacity,andstillprovidesrelativelygoodcoverage.Othernationshavedoneabetterjobofmakingmid-bandspectrumavailablefor5Gservices.Frequenciesabove8.5GHz,whilestilluseful,aremoresimilarto

high-band.15142023

State

of

5GHistoric

Investment

FueledUnprecedented

DeploymentU.S.

Invests

More

Than

Its

PeersTheinitialsuccessof5Gdeploymentsisthanksto

tremendousinvestmentbythewirelessindustry—providersareinvestinganestimated$275billionintonetworkinfrastructureto

buildout5Gandenhancenetworkcoverage,security,andcapabilities.15

Fiercecompetitionhasdrivennationwideprovidersto

pourbillionsintodesigninganddeployingnetworkstheyanticipatewillbestwinovercustomersandenablenewusecases.A

record

$35

billion

was

invested

byproviders

in

2021,

and

since

2018,

the

year

5G

launched,

providers

havealready

invested

over

$121

billion.16To

furthercontextualizethisextraordinaryinvestment,theUnitedStates

isjust4percentoftheworld’s

population,butweinvest19percentoftheworld’s

totalwirelesscapital.17

Lookingat

5Ginvestmentonapercapitabasis,in2020,theU.S.wirelessindustryinvested4.5timesmorethanChinesecounterparts.185Ginvestmenthasdrivene?ortsto

expandanddensifynetworksto

supportinnovativeservices.By

theendof2021,therewere418,887operationalcellsitesacrossthenation,andthatdoesn’taccountforallthenew5Gbasestationsaddedto

existingcellsites.19

Federal

and

state

siting

reforms

encouraged

therapid

deployment

of

5G,

with

62

percent

of

cell

sites

built

from

2016

to

2021cOperatorsalsoinvestheavilyinspectrum—thelifebloodofwirelessnetworks.TheFederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)auctionslicensesthatproviderightsto

useparticularairwaveswithoutinterferencefromothers.Thewirelessindustrycompetesvigorouslyintheseauctionsto

gaintheresourcesneededto

buildever-betterperformingnetworks.19%U.S.investmentinmobileasashareofworld’stotal

mobilecapex2019-202169,543Overtheyears,theseauctionshaveraisedover$233billionfortheU.S.Treasuryandpolicymakers’priorities.20

Inturn,thisspectrumhassupporteddeploymentsbynationaloperators,regionalcarriers,andnewentrants.Demandforlicensedspectrumisgrowingrapidly:Abouthalfofallspectrumrevenueisfromauctionsof5Gspectruminthelastfouryearsalone.New

SitesOperational

U.S.

Cell

Sites4%2016-201847,718U.S.populationasashareoftheworldNew

Sites17162023

State

of

5GDriving

Secure,5Ghomebroadbandisalreadyavailableto

millionsofAmericans,andtopprovidershavealreadysignedupoverfourmillionsubscribers.25

ThenumberofhomesFWAwillreachispredictedto

jump16timesfrom2021to

2025.26

However,operatorsareonlyableto

o?erFWAwheretheyhavesu?icientcapacityinthenetworkto

beableto

guaranteereliablequalityofservice.RecentresearchfromEconOneindicatesthatifoperatorshadsu?icientadditionalspectrumcapacity,consumerscouldsaveover$8billionperyearthanksto

FWAcompetition.27ThescaleofFWAanditscompetitiveimpactonthehomebroadbandmarketultimatelydependsonsu?icientspectrumbeingmadeavailablefor5G.Innovative

Access

for

All5GisconnectingmoreAmericansinmorewaysthaneverbefore.As

aresultofstrongcompetitiondrivingrecordinvestment,theUnitedStates

hasnetworkscoveringmorethan325millionpeopleandcounting.Consumershaveembracedthetechnology,leadingthenumberof5G-connectedsmartphonesandother5Gdevicesto

growexponentiallyyearWiththegrowthinwirelessinnovations,applications,andconnections,mobiledata

usehasconsistentlyincreasedyear-over-year—anditleaptto

53.4trillionmegabytes(MBs)in2021.21

ThatmeansU.S.networksaresupportingmoredatatra?icinoneyearthanallof2010through2017combined.Wirelessdata

tra?icwillonlykeepclimbing—Ericsson

predicted

between

2020

and

2027

consumerswill

nearly

quintuple

their

mobile

data

use,

to

240

trillion

MBs

per

year.22WIRELESS

HELPS

CLOSE

THE

DIGITAL

DIVIDEWirelesshashistoricallyprovenakeytoolinbuildingdigitalequity,and5Ggoesevenfurtherinhelpingbridgethedigitaldivide.As

theon-rampofchoiceformanyofthosewithoutahomebroadbandconnection,mobilehelpsdriveconnectivity,choice,anddigitalliteracywithinhistoricallyunderrepresentedgroupslikecommunitiesofcolor,

low-incomehouseholds,andruralpopulations.Americanscontinueto

addwirelessconnections,drivenbygrowthindata-onlydevices—themedicalsensors,smartwatches,hotspots,andmorethatrunonwirelessdata.Thesedevicesmakeupanincreasingshareofoverallconnectionsevery

year—42percentofthenation’s

499millionwirelessconnectionstoday.23The

wirelessindustry

isproud

oftheflexibleservice

options

that

deliverconsistentlybetter

value

forvarying

consumer

preferences

andbudgets.

Unlimited

plans

are

43percent

cheaper

and

connections

are

117

times

faster

than

in

2010.28

Thislongtrackrecordofdecliningpriceshelpsexplainwhywirelessistheonlybroadbandconnectionforoveraquarteroflow-incomehouseholds.29FIXED

WIRELESS

ACCESSBeyondmobile,5Gisalsobeingleveragedto

deliverbroadbandto

thehome.5Ghomebroadband—alsocalled5GFixedWirelessAccess,orFWA—isanewhomebroadbandoption,bringingincreasedcompetitionto

thefixedbroadbandmarket.Wirelesshaslongbeenthemostwidelyusedbroadbandtechnology.In2021,PewResearchestimatedthatwhile77percentofadultsintheUnitedStates

haveahomebroadbandconnection,85percentownasmartphone.30

Forabout15percentofAmericans,theirwirelessdeviceistheironlybroadbandconnection.31Demographicdisparitiesinsmartphoneadoptionhaveallbutdisappeared:85percentofAfricanAmericansand83percentofLatinosownsmartphonestoday,comparedwith85percentofwhiteAmericans.32EarlyFWAo?eringsarethefastest

growingbroadbandconnectioninthenation.Lastyear,

5Ghomewastheconnectionofchoicefor90percentofnewbroadbandsubscribers,anditaccountedforvirtuallyallbroadbandgrowthinthefourthquarterof2022.24Forruralpopulations,smartphoneownershipgrewbyninepercentagepointsfrom2019to

2021—80percentofruralresidentsnowownasmartphonecomparedto

84percentofsuburbanand89percentofurbanpopulations.335GhomebroadbanddownstreamspeedseasilysupportthetypicalAmericanhousehold’sneeds,includingmultipleusersactivelyengagedonline—afamilycancomfortablystream

a4Kmovie,holdanHDgroupcallwithcoworkers,participateinanHDmathclass,participateinatelehealthvisit,Skypewithfriends,andstream

YouTube

videossimultaneouslyonone5Ghomenetworkwithcapacityto

spare.5Ghomebroadbando?eringsarealsoprovidingmoreoptionsforhigh-speedhomeinternetinunservedandunderservedcommunities.5Ghomecanbedeployedquicklyandeasilywithouttheneedforadditionallast-mileinfrastructure.AccentureprojectsthatnearlyhalfofruralU.S.householdscouldbeservedwithhigh-speedbroadbandover5G-poweredfixedwireless.34

5Ghomecutsdownonexpensesintheinfrastructure-intensivelast-mileofthenetwork,contributingto

greatercompetitionandmorea?ordablepricingforhomebroadband.Itservesasavery

cost-e?ectivetoolto

bridgebroadbandaccessandadoptiongaps—thequestioniswhetherthereissu?icientspectrumto

providethecapacitydemandedbythisservice.Morelicensedspectrumiskeyto

meetingthedemandforubiquitousFWAcoverage.19182023

State

of

5GEnabling

InnovationThroughout

the

EconomyThis5G-poweredtransformationofoureconomyishappeninginbothbigcitiesandsmallercommunities.ThismeanstensofthousandsofnewjobsinplaceslikeNashvilleandCharlotte,andtensofbillionsinGDPgrowthinplaceslikeKansasCityandSeattle.5G’s

enhancedspeedandcapacity,combinedwithitsflexibilityto

supportmanydi?erentusecases,isdrivinge?iciencyacrossawidevarietyofeconomicsectors.Whileeveryoneismostfamiliarwiththesmartphonesweinteractwitheveryday,large-scalemachine-to-machineconnectionspromiseto

drivetremendousproductivitygains.TheseIoT

devicesthatgenerallyonlyusewirelessdata

(andnotvoiceservice)makeupanincreasingshareofoverallconnectionsevery

year.

In2021,data-onlydevicesrepresentedabout42percentofallwirelessconnections,increasingfrom190millionto

208millionsince2020.35GDP

IMPACTSeattle

Area$65BJOBS

CREATEDBoise

AreaGDP

IMPACT9KJOBS

CREATEDJOBS

CREATEDNew

York

City

Area5G-poweredconnecteddevicesareenablingnewinnovationssuchasremotepatientmonitoring,e?icientsmartenergygrids,immersive,virtualrealitylearningexperiences,andconnectedcarsthatreducecongestionandincreasesafety.Thanksto

significantwirelessindustryinvestment,5Gwillcreate

$1.5trillionineconomicgrowthand4.5millionnewjobsintheU.S.thisdecade.36Minneapolis

Area$139BDenver

Area52K43KJOBS

CREATEDDetroit

Area47KThesearethejobsandtechnologiesthatwillhelpusaddressourcountry’sbiggestchallenges,likeeducationalinequities,accessto

healthcare,andclimatechange.Accordingto

Accenture,

5G

use

cases

across

just

five

industries—transportation,

energy,

manufacturing,

agriculture,

and

living/working/health—can

help

the

United

States

meet

20

percent

of

its

climate

changegoals

by

2025.37Continued

Growth

of

Data

Only

DevicesJOBS

CREATEDCharlotte

Area202136K2013JOBS

CREATEDPhoenix

Area55KGDP

IMPACTGDP

IMPACTNashville

AreaSan

Diego

Area$11B$20B15%42%51M208MGDP

IMPACTData-OnlyDevicesData-Only

DevicesData-OnlyDevicesDallas

Area$43BJOBS

CREATEDMiami

Area61K336MTotal

WirelessConnections499MTotal

WirelessConnections21202023

State

of

5GDriving

Innovation

Across

Industry

SectorsNewservicesandapplicationsbuiltonthesecureandreliable5GplatformarealreadytransformingcommunitiesandindustriesacrossAmerica’s

economy.Thewirelessindustryishardat

work,partneringwithawidevarietyofentitiestodevelopnextgenerationtechnologyacrossindustrysectors,asCTIAexploredinitsrecent“5GInnovators”report.38

Afewhighlightsprovideasnapshotoftheinnovations5Gisenablingthroughouttheeconomy.HealthcareManufacturing5Gisredefiningwhat’s

possibleinhealthcare,makingorganizationsmoree?icient,complexproceduresmorepreciseandlife-enhancingcareavailableinrealtime,fromanywhere.By

transformingtraditional2Dimagingdata

intonearreal-time3Dholographicvisualizations,doctorscanvisualizeapatient’s

anatomy,enhancingsurgicalpracticesandtheprecisionofcare.Advancedmanufacturingiscriticalto

ournation’s

competitiveness,economicgrowth,andqualityoflife.5GishelpingU.S.factoriesspringboardintothefutureofsafety,sustainability,andinnovation,thanksto

ARandVRtraining,advancedrobotics,andreal-timeinformationsharing.Augmentedreality(AR)headsetscanbeagame-changerforfrontlineworkers,enablingthemto

remotelyperformtaskslikecellsiteupgradesandmachinemaintenance,virtuallyviewservicechecklistsandmore.5Gpowersthefast

responsesnecessaryforarealisticexperience.Verizonishelpingimprovethefutureofveterancarethrough5G-enabledhospitalsPartneringwiththeVA

Palo

AltoHealthSystem,whichisthefirst5G-connectedveteran’s

hospitalintheU.S.,Verizonisexploringhow5G-connectedvirtualandaugmentedrealitysolutionscanbeusedto

enhancesurgicalnavigationsystemsandmedicaltrainingto

advanceveterancarethroughouttheU.S.Ericssonisunlockingthepotentialfor5G-connectedIndustry4.0.TheUSA5GSmartFactoryisafull-scaleproductionfacilityfor5Gradiosandothernetworkelements,whichisexploringfast,securewirelessconnectivityto

enableinnovationsandprocessesthatoptimizee?iciencyandincreaseproduction,suchas:augmentedrealityforremotesupport,digitalmaterialstracking,automatedplantprocedures,environmentalmonitoring,andotherusecases.EducationNowmorethanever,educationisessentialto

buildthrivingcommunitiesandfosteringequitableopportunities.5GishelpingAmerica’s

teachersandstudentsstay

aheadofthecurve,increasingengagement,leveragingreal-timedata,andsparkingimaginations.Samsungisleveraging5Gto

streamlineadvancedmanufacturinganddevelopindustrialusecasesat

thecompany’s

state-of-the-artsemiconductormanufacturingfacilityinAustin,Texas.

5Gisenablingreal-timecommunicationamongmillionsofsensors,devicesandsystemswithinthemanufacturingfacilityto

bringnext-generationinnovationsintodailyoperations.Forexample,augmentedrealityapplicationsareimprovingfactorye?iciencyandperformancethroughmoreimmersivetraining,and4KlivevideoandIoT

sensordataaresupportingfactoryautomationto

improveequipmentmonitoringandpreventativemaintenanceprocedures.AT&T

isconnectingstudentswith5G-enabledimmersive,interactivelearningexperiences.AT&T

haspartneredwith