Monday, March 2, 2020

5G Use Cases Mostly Will be Enterprise Driven

Enterprise applications--not consumer use cases--will drive the value of 5G, many, including Marcus Weldon, Nokia Bell Labs president, believe. He speaks about this in this Futurithmic Podcast episode 13: Waves of innovation with Marcus Weldon

There are both consumer and enterprise use cases, of course, but most are likely to be found in enterprise segments of the business. Consumers will in some cases benefit from faster internet access speeds or virtual reality or augmented reality. 

But except for “faster access,” most of the AR/VR use cases will be supported by enterprise business models, though consumers will be end users in many cases, as Facebook is used by consumers, but has a business-to-business revenue model. 


Fixed wireless, for example, will be used to deliver consumer internet access, but provides revenue upside for service providers because it allows them to compete with cable operator services at lower cost than building fiber-to-premises networks. 

Immersive experiences will be provided by AR/VR that is a feature of some other product. 

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