5G laps 4G milestones, sets stage for massive enterprise data growth

VentureBeat December 14, 2020
Jeremy Horwitz

Although the global pandemic could have slowed it down, 5G cellular technology isn’t just continuing its steady march towards ubiquity — it’s actually being adopted at a much faster pace than prior-generation 4G LTE, according to industry trade organization 5G Americas. As of December 2020, there are now 143 commercial 5G networks across the globe, 303 commercially available 5G devices, and 229 million total 5G subscriptions, with 225 million in the last year alone. That means 5G adoption is proceeding at a pace four times faster than 4G, 5G Americas notes, making it the “fastest growing mobile technology in history.”

The rapid pace of 5G adoption is significant for technical decision makers because the wireless technology is setting the stage...

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