Why 5G Won't Follow The Typical Deployment Approach (And New Opportunities For Investors In Broadband)
by Joe Kochan and Brian Greene
Mobile network infrastructure deployment in the U.S. has always followed a familiar path: three or four large equipment manufacturers struggle with each other to sell radios to three or four national carriers, which race to raise billions of dollars to buy spectrum and fund deployment. These investments get paid off over years as we all pay monthly bills (and overage fees) and buy new devices.
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