IT World • Created July 28, 2014 04:00

5G performance will boost M2M applications for consumers, enterprises benefits -Ericsson

According to Ericsson, this proven performance will be critical to addressing both the relentless growth in mobile data demand and enabling the next-generation machine-to-machine applications. NTT DOCOMO and SK Telecom senior management witnessed Ericsson’s achievement at Ericsson lab in Kista, Sweden.The Ericsson Mobility Report (June, 2014) forecasts that 85 percent of North American mobile subscriptions […]

5G performance will boost M2M applications for consumers, enterprises benefits -Ericsson
5G performance will boost M2M applications for consumers, enterprises benefits -Ericsson

According to Ericsson, this proven performance will be critical to addressing both the relentless growth in mobile data demand and enabling the next-generation machine-to-machine applications.
NTT DOCOMO and SK Telecom senior management witnessed Ericsson’s achievement at Ericsson lab in Kista, Sweden.
The Ericsson Mobility Report (June, 2014) forecasts that 85 percent of North American mobile subscriptions will be LTE by 2019. This high penetration of LTE indicates that North America could be one of the first regions to adopt 5G.
At the same time, Japan and South Korea are also likely to benefit from early 5G availability with trials already announced by both NTT DOCOMO and SK Telecom. A regional appendix of Ericsson Mobility Report shows LTE subscription penetration had already reached over 30 percent in Japan and over 50 percent in South Korea – the highest in the world.
Seizo Onoe, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer at NTT DOCOMO, said:  “5G promises significant performance enhancements to support future new applications that will impact both users and industry. To proceed with our joint project on 5G field trial further, we are very glad about Ericsson’s success in demonstrating the real potential of 5G radio access technologies at this early stage.”
The Mobility Report provides a comprehensive snapshot of the pre-5G mobile world and foreshadows the demand drivers for 5G.
The report forecasts a 10-time growth in mobile data traffic between 2013 and 2019 and highlights three to four times growth in the number of active cellular M2M devices by 2019.

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