While it might sometimes feel like 5G networks are expanding at a terribly sluggish pace, especially in the US, one of the big problems is actually the way we analyze the data coming in from wireless service providers around the world. Our expectations may have also been a tad unrealistic, as 5G Americas compares the adoption rate of the next standard in mobile connectivity so far with the early numbers of 4G LTE and 3G technologies, which suggests 5G has in fact got off to a historically “fast start”, achieving “healthy growth” already.
