Study Sponsored by CommScope Reveals Strong Interest and Some Concerns in Current U.S. Federal 5G Environment
September 14 2020 - 8:05AM
Business Wire
Only 46% of government agencies feel their
current network infrastructure is capable of supporting 5G
Fifth-generation wireless (5G) is the next major phase of mobile
communications. 5G is set to deliver higher data transfer rates for
mission-critical communications and will allow massive broadband
capacities, enabling high-speed communication across various
applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics,
advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. According to a
recent study from market research firm, Market Connections,
underwritten by CommScope, only 46% of respondents feel their
current network infrastructure is capable of supporting 5G, but 68%
think 5G will have a significant impact on their agency operations
within one to four years.
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Top List of Barriers to 5G
Implementation: Federal (Graphic: Business Wire)
Of the respondents who do not feel their current infrastructure
is capable of supporting 5G, none have deployed 5G, 19% are
piloting, 43% are planning to pilot, and 52% are not planning or
evaluating whether to pilot 5G. According to the report, ongoing
and initial costs are reported as top barriers for federal agencies
wishing to implement 5G – 44% believe initial/up-front costs will
be the biggest barrier and 49% are concerned about ongoing
costs.
“There is no single approach to 5G and no one-size-fits-all 5G
solution,” said Chris Collura, vice president, Federal business for
CommScope. “This study indicates that federal agencies are at the
beginning stages of 5G evaluation and deployment. As they are
looking to finalize their strategy for connectivity, agencies
should also consider private networks, whether those are private
LTE networks, private 5G networks, or a migration from one to the
other to ensure flexibility and scalability.”
Remote employee productivity (40%) is one of the top desired
outcomes for federal agencies looking to implement 5G, along with
introducing high bandwidth (39%), higher throughput (39%) and
better connectivity (38%).
Additional findings from the study include:
- 32% hope that 5G will make it easier to share information
securely and 32% would like to see easier access to data
- 82% plan to or have already adopted 5G with 6% having already
deployed 5G, 14% piloting 5G and 62% evaluating/planning to pilot
5G
- 71% are looking at hardware, software or endpoint upgrades to
support 5G
- 83% believe it is very/somewhat important for mission-critical
traffic on the agency network to remain onsite while 64% feel it is
very/somewhat important
About the Study
From April 23 to May 13, 2020, 200 federal government decision
makers involved in wired or wireless network and communications
infrastructure solutions participated in a blind online survey.
Respondents included: 56% federal civilian or independent
government agency; 40% defense, military, or intelligence agency;
3% federal judicial branch; and 2% federal legislature. All
respondents had some knowledge of 5G adoption within their agency:
71% evaluate or recommend firms; 65% are on a team that makes
decisions; 50% develop technical requirements; 38% manage or
implement solutions; 17% make the final decision; and 3% have some
other involvement.
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