2021 is the year when 5G continues to progress while both infrastructure and device ecosystems have matured, creating economies of scale. In the infrastructure market, vendors have shipped more than 1 million 5G base stations while the device ecosystem has matured enough to include <US$200 5G capable devices. Both developments have allowed 5G to enter the mainstream domain with mass market consumer adoption and for it to be seriously considered as an important component of enterprise digitization.
