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Industry Outlook for August
NFWARE BLOG
07/09/2021
We explore and keep you updated with recent news in August and technologies that could have a big impact on the telecom industry in the year ahead.
5G of the Month:
5G infrastructure revenue will reach US$19.13 billion in 2021
According to a Gartner report, Global 5G network infrastructure will rise from $13.77 billion last year to US$19.13 billion in 2021. Also, Gartner predicts that 5G will account for 39% of total wireless infrastructure revenue this year. In terms of the US, 5G revenue will increase to $4.3 billion while 5G revenue in Western Europe will reach $1.6 billion this year. China is the leader and will reach $9.1 billion.
The pandemic spiked demand for optimized and ultrafast broadband connectivity to support work-from-home and bandwidth-hungry applications, such as streaming video, online gaming and social media applications - noted Michael Porowski, senior principal research analyst at Gartner.
Chinese telcos deploy 961,000 5G sites, 700,000 NB-IoT base stations
The report from Chinese news outlet Sina Finance stated that Chinese operators have deployed about 961,000 5G base stations and reached 80% of the total number of 5G sites deployed globally. While China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom said they had deployed more than 700,000 NB-IoT base stations nationwide.
GM will produce 5G-connected cars in 2023 with AT&T
General Motors (GM) partnership with AT&T will be expanding to the production of GM vehicles with 5G cellular connectivity. In addition to in-vehicle experiences, this improved connectivity could play an even greater role in the future of the automotive industry.
Deutsche Telekom 5G reaches 70M People
85% of Germany's population has access to 5G due to 55,000 5G antennas from Deutsche Telekom that are actively transmitting service. Also, Deutsche Telekom 5G can unleash the full potential of virtual and augmented reality, mobile gaming, and industrial networking.
T-Mobile suffered a massive data breach
T-Mobile faces the largest carrier breach on record because hackers breached the operator over the weekend and obtained personal information on more than 100 million customers. However, T-Mobile has yet to determine the extent of the damage
IPv4/IPv6 of the Month:
Vietnam ranks 8th in the world for IPv6 application
Vietnam is planning to transform the entire Vietnamese Internet network to the application of IPv6. 34 million Internet users in Vietnam have access to IPv6 Internet and It helped Vietnam to rise in ranks from 10 to 8th in the world.
Cloud of the Month:
Cloud-computing giants and phone companies partner to drive the market for 5G business services
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Corp have all signed partnerships with telcos including AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc to make super-fast 5G networks more efficient and cheaper to run.
The cloud companies need to reinvent themselves. Communications service providers have the same thing — everyone has a mobile phone, a network — so both have saturation - said Omdia analyst Vlad Galabov
Telecom Equipment of the Month:
Google, Facebook tackle new subsea cable routes in Asia, Africa
Google, and a group of Facebook and seven operator partners, plan to expand their subsea cable networks in Asia and Africa. Google expects that the latest cable is expected to be ready for service in 2024 and will connect Singapore, Japan, Guam, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia.
