GlobalData Perspective on 5.5G Technology

5G adoption has experienced the fastest growth of any previous cellular generation with 260 commercial 5G networks deployed as of June 2023 and over 750 5G smartphone models available to users. In terms of the number of global 5G connections, 5G broke through the one billion mark in December 2022 and at the end of June 2023 surpassed 1.2 billion. Of the 1.2 billion 5G connections, roughly 10% or 115 million were gigabit 5G connections. In this white paper, we review briefly the path to 5.5G and take a closer look at how 5.5G will impact and drive the acceleration of four broad categories of use cases: connected people, connected families, connected things (industrial) and connected vehicles. To read more, please download this free white paper.