Although the “hype” around 5G has already started, with early trials being conducted by Verizon and AT&T, the truth is that we are at least 4-5 years away from any mainstream, substantial deployments that will provide users with a critical mass of access points. But that hasn’t stopped many of the major equipment (e.g., Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia) infrastructure (e.g., Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent) and chip/modem vendors (e.g., Intel, Qualcomm) from pursuing a strategy to promote their vision of 5G. And while we are at least 1-2 years away from a universally accepted 5G standard, this hasn’t stopped the posturing for prime position in what is expected to be a huge, potentially worldwide market opportunity — not only in infrastructure, but also in client access points (e.g., smartphones, tablets, IoT devices).

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