New 5G Survey: 82% See IoT as Major Driver of 5G
October 24 2016 - 8:30AM
The results of a new survey predict that 5G will hit the market
earlier than long expected and highlight the central role that the
Internet of Things plays in driving the development of the fifth
generation mobile network. The survey of 830 industry professionals
revealed that an astounding 82% of respondents identified either
consumer or enterprise/industrial IoT as the primary use cases for
5G, and 86% of respondents expect the initial rollout of 5G by or
before 2020. Surprisingly, download speed was considered to be
among the least important radio characteristics of 5G, with only
12% of respondents deeming it most significant.
The survey report was split into three categories: attitudes
towards 5G, expected B2B and B2C services, and challenges around
the network and radio requirements of 5G. The common thread
among all three categories is that the main driver of 5G is to
build a framework for the IoT. The survey was conducted by
Telecoms.com Intelligence, the industry analysis arm of
Telecoms.com, and co-sponsored by InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) and
Mitel.
“Increasingly, IoT and 5G are becoming inextricably linked as
concepts, largely due to the due to the plethora of identifiable
IoT use-cases that will require 5G’s coverage and ability to manage
an exponential increase in connected devices,” said Robert DiFazio,
Vice President, InterDigital Labs – Future Wireless, InterDigital.
“That being said, it will be interesting to see whether
unexpected and high-value use cases will emerge to drive 5G, the
way video-enabled social networking and the sharing economy did for
LTE.”
Other key findings of the report included:
- 61% of the surveyed industry professionals predicted that IoT
connectivity is the aspect of 5G that will have the biggest impact
on operator service revenues. 67% also predicted IoT connectivity
would have the biggest impact on society.
- Spectrum availability is the biggest challenge facing radio
access for 5G networks, according to more than a third of
respondents.
- 68% of the responding Telecoms.com audience favor a gradual
implementation of 5G that integrates LTE opposed to a “big bang”
switchover.
- Massive IoT services will be the greatest beneficiary of
network slicing. 63% of the industry professionals see the ability
to scale bandwidth, latency and traffic prioritization for
machine-based communications and data as delivering the greatest
benefit.
InterDigital develops wireless technologies for mobile devices,
networks, and services. It is a key contributor to global wireless
standards, designing and developing a wide range of innovations
that are used in digital cellular and wireless products and
networks, including IoT, 2G, 3G, 4G and IEEE 802-related products
and networks.
The full survey report, titled ‘Road to 5G Outlook 2016,’ is
available as a free download here.
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