SA: Global 5G users exceed 1 billion, and 5G networks will cover 36% of the world's population

Strategy Analytics released a report today saying that 5G is the main contributor to the improvement in operators' performance this year. 5G users increased from 819 million in June to 924 million in September, and exceeded 1 billion in the past 4-5 weeks. The global 5G development momentum continues to strengthen.

The report pointed out that by the end of this month, 5G networks will cover 36% of the world's population, and 5G mobile phones will account for half of global mobile phone sales.

IT Home learned that Strategy Analytics expects global 5G to continue to develop strongly in 2023. With India's 5G services going live last month, the market will make additional contributions to growth in the Asia-Pacific region next year, while more operators in Latin America will follow Brazil and Chile to expand 5G service coverage.

It is reported that this year will be an exciting year for 5G because of the strong growth foundation of users, coupled with the wider deployment of 5G independent services, and these new advanced network service opportunities for vertical solutions and more advanced consumer applications provided by operators.

Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that as of the end of November, the total number of mobile phone users of my country's three basic telecommunications companies reached 1.684 billion, of which 5G mobile phone users reached 542 million, accounting for 32.2% of mobile phone users.