Deployment of 5G Poses Challenges for Regulators, USTelecom Official Says
The buildout of 5G will require lots of fiber, and work by wireline providers is essential, said Patrick Brogan, USTelecom vice president-industry analysis, in a Friday blog post, noting he addressed the topic at a 5G conference earlier in the…
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week (see 1710250041). “Deployment of 5G networks will be an extraordinarily complex and costly endeavor,” Brogan wrote. “It involves many moving parts requiring significant coordination among network, equipment, and application providers." Fifth generation "will be more heterogeneous than previous generations. The constraints of spectrum availability and different geographies, 5G will offer network providers a diverse set of tools, from both fixed and mobile networks, to meet growing demand efficiently where it arises.” Policymakers face a complex task, he said. “They must monitor many moving parts while ensuring network, equipment, and application providers can roll out 5G as effectively and expeditiously as possible.” The U.S. led the world in 4G and “must remain a leader to reap the social and economic benefits of 5G,” he said.