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1.3 billion 5G subscribers this year

The 5G wireless communication standard is convincing more and more users…

After three years of growth, global 5G adoption is accelerating, and after surpassing 500 million subscribers at the end of 2021, it is on track to reach 1.3 billion by the end of the year. current year, according to estimates by Omdia, corroborating and accentuating other forecasts already expressed at the end of 2020 by Ericsson.

5G subscribers, 4.8 billion in 2026?

A growth almost doubled between 2021 and 2022, and which should be almost doubled again to 2 billion subscribers in 2023, to tend towards 4.8 billion in 2026 (i.e. more than an estimate published in 2021 and putting that figure at 3.9 billion).

The floor to Chris Pearson, CEO of the 5G Americas Association

“We are now past the introductory phase of this generation of cellular wireless technology,” said Chris Pearson, CEO of 5G Americas Association. 5G is rapidly coming into the hands of consumers and businesses, who are inventing innovative ways to use mobile connectivity.”

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