This year holds a lot of promise for innovation and opportunity in telecommunications, thanks to fledgling services harnessing 5th Generation networks. Despite some challenges with 5G rollouts, we’re seeing the inevitable march of progress. 5G is now accessible or will be soon, for large populations of the world.
As 5G matures, we’ll begin to see exciting new possibilities. Here are my predictions for the year ahead.
#1: IN THE US, STREAMING SERVICES WILL SURPASS PAID TELEVISION
Perhaps unthinkable in my own childhood but by the end of this year, more US homes will be accessing TV via streaming services than by traditional pay TV.