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I Seminar
“5G: Opportunities and Challenges in the
5G Technology Americas”

Overview Francisco Soares

Vice Coordinator for the CITEL Region

July 14, 2022

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 Each generation enriches the user experience

Analog voice App-based touch screens High-speed eMBB and

vertical services
1G (1984) 3G (2004) 5G (2019)

2G (1996) 4G (2011) 6G (2030)

Extreme connectivity and immersive
Digital voice, text, e-mail True wireless Internet phone
augmented experiences

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 5G brings unique use cases and benefits

Greater capacity in high-traffic Last-mile connectivity with

areas (airports, train stations) FWA
Enhanced mobile
Peak data rates beyond 10 broadband (eMBB) Remote services for rural
Gbps locations

Connectivity

Safety and surveillance

Latency 5G Capacity
1 million devices per square km
Reliability
Ultrareliable, Massive
Private mobile networks low-latency machine-type Industrial IoT

Connected vehicles communications communications Smart manufacturing and

agriculture

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 Mobile growth

Note: Ericsson Mobility Report data traffic forecast, both global and regional, represents the estimated traffic volume in all networks over the duration of a month.
Traffic (in terms of throughput) in high-traffic areas will be much higher than the average traffic.

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 Over 1,100 commercially available 5G devices
Number of Announced devices by spectrum band (top 20)

• 1,454 5G devices announced by end-June, up 71% YoY 3.5GHz

2.5GHz
• 772 5G phones, up 82% YoY 2.1GHz
3.7GHz
Announced 5G device models by type (end-June 2022) 700MHz (APT)
1.8GHz

FWA CPE Industrial routers 850MHz

4.7GHz
Hotspots 900MHz
Modules
2.6GHz FDD
2.6GHz TDD
Laptops 800MHz
(notebooks) 1700 & 2100 GHz (Paired)
2.3GHz
Tablets
1.9GHz

In-vehicle 600MHz
router/modem/hotspot 700MHz (Lower SMH)
1.9GHz (Extended PCS)
USN Modems
3.5GHz (CBRS)
Phones Others
28GHz
39GHz
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 5G Spectrum for Coverage, Capacity and Ultra Experience
e.g. 24.25 – 29.5, 37.0-43.5 GHz etc
High-bands
Ultra Experience Layer
At least 1000 MHz contiguous for each per
network
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e.g. 2.3, 2.6, 3.3-4.2, 4.4-5 GHz etc e.g. 600, 700, 800 MHz etc
Mid-bands
Low-bands
Balanced Capacity-Coverage Layer
Basic Coverage Layer/Deep indoor penetration
At least 100 MHz contiguous for each per
At least 2x10 MHz for each network sub-1 GHz
network
 Count of operators with commercial 5G services

5G Networks – Global View 200

• 493 operators in 150 countries/ 150

territories are investing in 5G.
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• 218 operators in 87 countries/territories
had launched one or more 3GPP- 50
compliant 5G services.
• 208 operators in 58 0
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countries/territories had launched 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 22
5G mobile services.
• 87 operators in 40 Count of operators investing in 5G and operating commercial
5G networks
countries/territories had launched
3GPP-compliant 5G FWA services. 500
Investing Launched

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• 108 operators are identified as investing 300 © GSA 2022
in 5G standalone.
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 Map of operator investments in 5G

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