Thanks to the development of AR and VR, 5G subscribers will reach 1 billion by 2023

Ericsson, a mobile infrastructure expert, predicts that 20 percent of the global population of 2023 will have a fast next-generation 5G phone network. Although this sounds a bit weird, there are about 1 billion users, and the United States is planning to take the lead in the global 5G network. The United States has already conducted relevant 5G tests before. Ericsson's global businesses include: communications network systems, professional telecommunications services, patent licensing, enterprise systems, operations support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS). Ericsson's 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communication networks are widely used and deployed by major operators in the world. Ericsson is also the global leader in the standardization of mobile communications.

What are the factors driving the development of 5G networks? Ericsson said that mobile video will be one of the main uses of 5G networks, but interestingly, VR and AR technologies will promote the rapid development of 5G networks for network and infrastructure companies like Ericsson and Nokia. . It hopes that VR and AR can be quickly transferred from games and entertainment, and become more useful and more widely used by more people. Fast, reliable, low-latency data connectivity will be imperative.

Ericsson's speculation coincides with our predictions for 5G networks. Ericsson expects that the 5G network will go online in 2019 at the earliest, and will become even more popular in 2020. After the United States, South Korea and Japan, China will also become one of the 5G network providers. In September this year, Qualcomm said that it is expected that the first 5G smart phone will be available in 2019, which is one year earlier than expected.

So where can users enjoy fast 5G networks after 2020? Ericsson said that in densely populated urban areas it will be the first to experience 5G networks. This means that most cities where users are located will be covered by 5G networks. Verizon is currently the company that conducts 5G network testing, and the company has more ambitious ambitions. It intends to first test 5G networks in 11 cities in the United States in 2018. T-Mobile (having 600MHz spectrum) said that it will implement 5G networks extensively by 2020.

How about 20% of 5G coverage ratios compared to 4G LTE coverage in 2013? According to Ericsson, 85% of the world's population will use 4G LTE, and the number will reach 5.5 billion. This is a big difference, and this is likely to give us a hint, even in big cities we will often see the use of 5G networks.