While major operators are devoting significant time and resources to testing fixed wireless 5G systems, T-Mobile made waves this week by announcing its intention to launch a nationwide mobile 5G network in 2020. Many industry watcher expect fixed 5G to dominate early commercial deployments largely as a way to solve for the last-mile problem associated with fiber-to-the-home and fiber-to-the-premises.
Network vendors Ericsson and Nokia both spoke out in support of T-Mobile’s plan, so let’s use the opportunity to look at some of the trial activity specifically related to mobile 5G.
