this Number of 5G connections According to data released by 5G Americas on Tuesday, it reached 701 million worldwide by the end of the first quarter of 2022 (21). The business estimates the number will reach 1.2 billion connections by the end of this year.
While total connections were 291 million in the first three months of 2021, more than 410 million fifth-generation mobile broadband users were added in one year, up 141%. reached 598 million users of the service in the last quarter of last year.
Regionally, North America had 82 million 5G connections at the end of March, 12 million more subscribers than in December 2021, and an annual growth of 17.7% over the first quarter of last year. This part of the continent is expected to reach 131 million users by the end of 2022.
In addition, according to the organization representing service providers and manufacturers in the telecommunications sector, 5G growth trend It is mainly attracted by Oceania, East and Southeast Asia, in addition to China. Together, these regions represented 81.1% of all service users globally at the end of the quarter.
4G x 5G
5G adoption has entered a “phase of accelerated growth”, but 4G LTE It is still the leader in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the first quarter of 2022, there were 506 million connections, up 3.4% from last December.
The number of fourth generation mobile broadband users is expected to increase to 535 million subscribers by the end of the year. But from there 5G should start surpassing 4GAs predicted by consultancy Omdia.
Source: Tec Mundo
