Thursday, September 14, 2017

LTE Reaches 32% Market Share, But Here Comes the Next Network

Long Term Evolution 4G now has about 32 percent share of the mobile market, according to 5G Americas. In part, that explains the intense work going on to create 5G. New mobile generations appear about every decade or so, and follow a rather standard product life cycle, from birth to decline.

For better or worse, and despite some skepticism about whether “we need 5G,” 5G will come. Though 4G still is in its growth phase globally, it already is mature in developed markets, and the successor already is coming.

The simple reasons is that, eventually, any specific mobile platform runs out of things to sell to human users. So new platforms, with new features, are needed to drive a new wave of growth.


The adoption rate seems to be exceeding many earlier projections. The main point, however, is that mobile networks continue to follow a clear product life cycle.



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