Wireless companies have made significant investments in 5G wireless networks, but investors are not seeing a return on these investments as expected. Senior Equity Analyst at CFRA Research Keith Snyder discusses why 5G did not have the impact wireless companies had hoped for.
Snyder notes that these days providing connectivity alone is not enough: in the past, 4G connectivity was a significant selling point, but with more competitors entering the market, it has now become “a services game” for wireless companies. Snyder emphasizes that companies will have to show customers “what they can offer” alongside redefining their business models because “people didn’t care about 5G” in itself.
Snyder points out that companies have tried to monetize 5G by offering services on top of their wireline broadband businesses. However, companies like AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ), which already have pre-existing broadband businesses, “have to be really careful” about which markets they introduce these services in. The approach could also lead to “a congestion issue,” with many customers using the same connectivity in the same markets.
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Customers don’t need 5G on phones.
Consumers DON’T NEED 5 G AT ALL !!!! The reliability stinks and so does the hideous looking 5 G antennae!!!
China says we need 900,000 G so the purpose of just because
in some areas 5g is useless and get slower speeds than 4g and plus 5g still consumes more power on your phone compared to 4g
…and costs more. its a win win amiright?
Customers want 5G, but we don’t want a price increase. Technology evolves, and 5G is the evolution of the future. Fixed home wireless is the current thing the big three are using for some extra revenues.
5G is no different from LTE for 99.9999% of the average user’s daily use. COVERAGE would be better vs. speed.
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We need it to keep the Lte bands from getting anymore congested. Speed is the icing on top it’s about the bandwidth for more people on the tower
Do you know anything at all about MICROWAVE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ??? 5-G bandwidth signals are GROSSLY INFERIOR to 4-G Lte signals. 5-G technology relies on “direct line of sight transmission of the microwave signal,” – a transmission that can be BLOCKED by buildings, large trees, and rain-storms!!! Additionally, 5-G antennae have NO BUSINESS being installed within RESIDENTIAL AREAS primarily because the antennae are HIDEOUS and UNSIGHTLY and LOWER REAL ESTATE VALUES. And YOU expect consumers to willingly accept crappy 5-G antennae installations as a solution to future “congestion” of the 4 G Lte bandwidth????? Guess again, Einstein.
CONSUMERS ARE NOT STUPID!!! MANY OF US RESENT THE HEAVY-HANDED APPROACH of the FASCIST Big Broadband Players like AT & T !!! These ROBBER-BARONS “over-rule” consumers wishes by TRASHING THE AESTHETIC BEAUTY and RESALE VALUE of OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS; through the erection (at-gun-point) of HIDEOUS LOOKING 5-G ANTENNAE IN OUR FRONT YARDS !!! 5-G technology relies on “direct line of sight transmission of the microwave signal,” – a transmission that can be BLOCKED by buildings, large trees, and rain-storms!!! Who “needs” or “wants” these two big disadvantages for an “extra” in monthly billing fees???