Mobile World Live – Northstream CEO believes 5G launches could be a “non-event”
Bengt Nordström, co-founder and CEO of mobile consultancy Northstream, told Mobile World Live recently that the advent of 5G technology will not be the bang some in the industry think but will actually be a “non-event”, representing a gradual upgrade from LTE-A as spectrum is slowly freed up.
Nordström believes 5G faces two challenges which its predecessors did not: lack of available spectrum and high barriers to the entry of new operators.
“With 5G, it is hard to pinpoint who the pioneer will be,” he said.
