5G Market Snapshot

October 2019

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FIFTY COMMERCIAL 5G NETWORKS IN 27 COUNTRIES
The 5G launches in China mean 50 operators have now launched 3GPP compliant commercial 5G services
• By the end of October 2019 328 operators in 109 countries had
announced they were investing in 5G. Status of 5G by country, October 2019
• 69 operators had announced that they had deployed 3GPP
compliant 5G technology in their networks.
• A total of 50 operators had launched one or more 3GPP-compliant
5G services: Australia (Optus, Telstra), Austria (3 Austria), Bahrain
(Batelco, Viva), China (China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom),
Estonia (Elisa), Finland (Elisa, TeliaSonera), Germany (T-Mobile, Vodafone),
Ireland (eir, Vodafone), Italy (TIM, Vodafone), Kuwait, (Ooredoo, Viva, Zain),
Latvia (Tele2), Lesotho (Vodacom), Maldives (Dhiraagu), Monaco (Monaco
Telecom), New Zealand (Spark), Philippines (Globe), Qatar (Ooredoo,
Vodafone), Republic of Korea (KT Corporation, LG Uplus, SK Telecom),
Romania (RCS & RDS [Digi Mobil], Vodafone), Saudi Arabia (STC, Zain),
South Africa (Rain), Spain (Vodafone), Switzerland (Sunrise
Communications, Swisscom), UK (3 UK, EE, O2, Vodafone), United Arab © GSA 2019
Emirates (Du, Etisalat), Uruguay (Antel), USA (AT&T Mobility, Sprint, T-
Mobile US, Verizon Wireless).

• Of those...
• 39 operators had launched 3GPP-compliant 5G mobile services (36
full launches, 3 limited availability launches).
• 29 operators had launched 3GPP-compliant 5G FWA or home
broadband services (19 full launches, 10 limited availability
launches).

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