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Mobile 5G to be launched in MENA in 2019 to 15 million subscribers in 2023, says GlobalData

By Ken Briodagh December 05, 2018

The Middle East & Africa (MENA) will see the adoption of commercial mobile 5G services in 2019, on par with the US and a number of leading countries in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, says GlobalData, a data and analytics company.

Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia have already announced live 5G network launches in H1 2018. However, with 5G-enabled smartphones becoming available in 2019, GlobalData expects the adoption of mobile 5G subscription to only start in 2019.

According to GlobalData, mobile 5G subscribers in MENA will expand rapidly to 15.8 million in 2023, up from 0.1 million in 2019.

Houda Bostanji, Principal Analyst, GlobalData, said, “The availability of commercial mobile 5G services in 2019 in the GCC will be mainly driven by national digital transformation plans, end-users’ enhanced mobile broadband (MBB) requirements and telcos’ need for increased network capacity and spectrum usage efficiency.”

According to GlobalData’s report: ‘Mobile 5G Commercialization: Market Demand and Service Revenue Forecast’ the first 5G mobile commercial services are expected to be available in 2019, with operators rolling out offers in selected markets in APAC, North America, Europe and MENA. Latin America, meanwhile, will see the first mobile 5G commercial releases in 2021.

“By the end of 2023, we project the number of mobile 5G subscriptions globally will reach 806.9 million, 8.1 percent of total mobile subscriptions worldwide,” said Bostanji.


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Edited by Ken Briodagh
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