Since its commercial launch in 2019, 5G is gearing up to enter its next transformational phase, which will be driven largely by 5G-Advanced — an upgrade to The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) release that will bring about substantial improvements driven by the introduction of new features and functionalities. It will act as a tipping point for enabling new use cases and creating fresh business opportunities in both the enterprise and consumer sectors.
At present, 5G has correlated largely with use cases that require Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) performance, which is mainly smartphones and several new device types, including Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and hotspot router products.
