5G Testbeds and Trials

Much of the extra equipment and infrastructure needed to introduce 5G, such as radio access units, is supplied by just three companies in the UK: Finnish firm Nokia, Sweden’s Ericsson, and Chinese outfit Huawei .

Have you ever wondered how much a 5G non-standalone Evolved Packet Core for up to 50,000 subscribers costs, including the installation and everything? Sure you have. It will run you anywhere from $250,000 to $1.2 million , depending on the vendor.

It’s committed to deploy a 5G network covering 70% of the U.S. population by June 2023. Dish has previously pegged the cost of building a new 5G network at $10 billion . In reporting Q4 results, the operator said it expects to spend between $250 million and $500 million on wireless capex in 2020.

By the end of 2020, 5G infrastructure cost is expected to hit $2.7 trillion and investing in 5G infrastructure upgrades is estimated to cost around $1 trillion, according to Greensill.