Those are three strong trends to consider in telecom infrastructure for next year. This in turn has created a strong pressure for change in the telecom infrastructure, accelerating the 5G expansion. Wireless operators are moving from sharing sites on their own infrastructure to sharing that same infrastructure through a neutral host that can cover not-spots. This approach also helps the CapEx budgets for the wireless operators who have already invested heavily in acquiring the spectrum licenses. 4G has not been able to support this, and as regulators have opened spectrum for enterprise private 5G, utilities are now looking at the lower frequency bands for their private networks.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 15, 2021 05:19 UTC