Some 75% of 5G base stations will be upgraded to 5G-Advanced by 2030, five years after the estimated commercial launch, according to a report by global tech intelligence firm ABI Research.
3GPP approved the Release-18 package in December 2021, marking the official start of 5G-Advanced, with a planned freeze date in December 2023.
ABI Research expects that 5G-Advanced will bring new enhancements to mobile network capabilities and use case-based support to help mobile operators with 5G commercialization, long-term development of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) and network energy savings for a fully automated network.