5G Market
Snapshot
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310 commercial 5G networks launched worldwide
By the end of March 2024, GSA had identified 585 operators in
175 countries and territories investing in 5G, including trials,
acquisition of licences, planning, network deployment and
launches. This number excludes nearly 200 additional
companies awarded priority access licences in the US auction of
CBRS spectrum, which could potentially be used for 5G
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Of those, 310 operators in 118 countries and territories had
launched or soft-launched at least one 3GPP-compliant 5G
service
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299 operators in 117 countries and territories had launched or
soft-launched 5G mobile services
Operators with commercial 5G services
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153 operators in 71 countries and territories had launched or
soft-launched 3GPP-compliant 5G fixed wireless access services
— just over 48% of those with launched 5G services
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12 operators had announced soft launches of 5G networks
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124 operators are identified as investing in standalone 5G
(including those evaluating, testing, piloting, planning and
deploying as well as those that have launched standalone 5G
networks). GSA has catalogued 49 operators as having
deployed, launched or soft-launched standalone 5G in public
networks
Operators investing in 5G and operating commercial 5G networks
Investing
350
700
300
600
250
500
200
400
150
300
100
200
50
Launched
100
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Map of operator investments in 5G (end March 2024)
5G deployed in network, services launched
Planning/evaluating/testing/trialling
Deploying/deployed, precommercial
5G deployed in network, soft launch
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Spectrum band support in 5G networks and devices
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The spectrum bands most supported in deploying or deployed
5G networks are C-band, 700 MHz, 26/28 GHz, 2.1 GHz and 2.5
GHz
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The bands most supported in announced 5G devices are
C-band, 2.5 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 1800 MHz and 700 MHz (n28)
Operators investing in key 5G spectrum bands
(end March 2024)
Deploying/deployed
Licensed
Evaluating/testing/trialling
n77, n78
n257, n258, n261
n28, n12 or n14
n7, n38, n41
n1
n260
n3
n40
47.2-48.2 GHz (US)
66-76 GHz
n75, n76
n66
n79
n71
n5
Other
0
50
100
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200
250
300
350
Announced 5G device models supporting key 5G
spectrum bands (end March 2024)
n78
n41
n1
n77
n28
n3
n5
n8
n7
n79
n38
n20
n40
n2
n66
n71
n12
n25
n48
n30
n26
n260
n14
n261
n29
n258
n257
n18
n13
n75
n46
n84
n80
n39
n70
n83
0
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400
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800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
2,000
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More than 2,200 commercially available 5G devices
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GSA has catalogued 2,601 announced 5G devices, up by more than 107% from 1,253 at the start of 2022
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GSA has identified 1,362 announced 5G phones, up more than 123% from 610 at the start of 2022
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There are at least 2,207 commercially available 5G devices, up more than 133% annually from 947
Announced and commercially available models of 5G devices
(end March 2024)
Announced
Announced 5G device models by type
(end March 2024)
Commercial
Fixed wireless
access CPE
12.1%
2,800
2,600
2,400
2,200
2,000
Modules
9.9%
Industrial routers
9.1%
Hot spots
3.9%
1,800
1,600
Tablets
2.8%
Laptops (notebooks)
1.3%
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
Others
8.5%
400
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200
0
Phones
52.4%
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5G roll-out continues to
accelerate
Growth of 5G: operators investing in 5G and operating commercial
5G networks
Investing
Launched
700
600
Of those, a total of 310 operators in 118 countries and
territories had launched or soft-launched one or more
3GPP-compliant 5G services
400
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124 operators are identified as investing in standalone
5G (including those evaluating, testing, piloting, planning
and deploying as well as those that have launched
standalone 5G networks)
1Q24
4Q23
3Q23
2Q23
1Q23
4Q22
3Q22
2Q22
1Q22
4Q21
3Q21
2Q21
1Q21
4Q20
3Q20
0
2Q20
153 operators in 71 countries and territories had
launched or soft-launched 3GPP-compliant 5G fixed
wireless services, representing just over 52% of those
with launched 5G services
100
1Q20
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200
4Q19
299 operators in 117 countries and territories had
launched 5G mobile services
300
3Q19
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500
2Q19
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By the end of March 2024, GSA had identified 585
operators in 175 countries and territories investing in 5G
1Q19
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5G deployed in network, services launched
Planning/evaluating/testing/trialling
Deploying/deployed, precommercial
5G deployed in network, soft launch
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Annex: Operators with launched 5G networks
(table: supplied in Excel)
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