This document summarizes key information about 5G networks including: - 5G will have much higher speeds and capacity than existing networks using technologies like OFDM and millimeter wave frequencies. - Issues facing 5G include signal obstruction from shorter wavelengths and lack of real-world testing data. - Major players developing 5G include Nokia, Samsung, Qualcomm, Intel, Huawei, Verizon and AT&T. - Canada has been conducting 5G trials and is well positioned for national 5G infrastructure by 2020, led by companies like Bell, Rogers and Telus. - Rural broadband provider Xplornet plans to invest in 5G-ready wireless services across Canada using 3500 MHz spectrum,

1. 5G Network
By: Paul Young CPA, CGA
Date: March 18, 2019

2. Paul Young - Bio
• CPA, CGA
• Financial Solutions
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Business Process Change
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Supply Chain Management
Contact information:
Paul_Young_CGA@Hotmail.com

3. Agenda
• What is 5G
• 2019 Market Outlook
• Issues facing 5G
• Market Size
• Applications
• Major Players
• 5G/Canada
• Fastest Network

4. What is 5G?
PC Magazine – June 21, 2016
• 5G is a new network system that has much higher speeds and capacity, and
much lower latency, than existing cellular systems. The technologies to be used
in 5G are still being defined, but there <spanare< span="" style="box-sizing:
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• 5G networks will use a type of encoding called OFDM, which is similar to the
encoding that LTE uses. The air interface will be designed for much lower latency
and greater flexibility than LTE, though.
• The new networks can use frequencies as low as old TV channels, or as high as
"millimeter wave," which are frequencies that can transmit huge amounts of data,
but only a few blocks at a time. 5G may also bring in Wi-Fi as a seamless part of
a cellular network, or transmit LTE-encoded data over Wi-Fi frequencies, which is
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5. Market Status – Issues facing 5G
• It has a lot of available bandwidth and should make it possible for wireless
devices to process data with minimal delays. But since its wavelengths are
much shorter, it is more easily obstructed. And because it has never been
used for consumer mobile services, carriers are still learning how 5G
signals will behave in different types of terrain and weather. “We need to
look at how the signals are affected by things like snow, rain, sleet, hail,
maple trees, oak trees, and spruce trees, because each of those will be
different,” says AT&T research engineer Bob Bennett.
• The problem: most 5G measurement equipment is so expensive, fragile,
and bulky that it can be deployed outdoors for only a few hours at a time. -
Bennett and colleagues say that far more real-world data is needed to
properly develop the technology, so they have created weatherproof radios
the size of toaster ovens and installed them across AT&T’s 260-acre
campus in Middletown, New Jersey, which was once part of Bell Labs.

6. 2019 Market Outlook
Source - https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/10/wireless-5g-networks-will-be-deployed-in-2019.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29

7. Market Analysis
Source - https://ortenga.com/blog/

8. Applications
• File sharing / speed
• Downloads (TV content and Gaming)
• Streaming (TV Content and Gaming)
• IoT (monitoring/speed)

9. Market Leaders
Source - http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/ResearchInsight/5g-technology-
market.asp
• SK Telecom (South Korea), Korea Telecom (South Korea)
• Nokia Networks (Finland)
• Samsung (South Korea), Qualcomm (U.S.)
• Intel (U.S.)
• NEC Corporation (Japan),
• Huawei (China)
• Verizon (U.S.), AT&T (U.S.)
• T-Mobile USA, Inc.
• LG (South Korea)
• China Mobile (China)

10. Market update – 5G
Source - https://www.cnet.com/news/5g-is-finally-starting-to-feel-real/ or
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/18/18146246/att-5g-us-launch-hotspot-service-plan-price

11. Cybersecurity and 5G
Source - https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252454624/Mobile-security-needs-a-rethink-for-the-5G-era

12. Canada 5G
http://www.itworldcanada.com/article/large-scale-deployment-of-5g-infrastructure-to-start-
in-2020-cisco/390835 and http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/10/05/telus-and-huawei-
achieve-record-speeds-during-5g-network-tests-in-vancouver/
• “Huawei’s Canada Research Centre has become one of the global pioneers for 5G technology. The
success of the trial today, with a great Canadian partner in Telus, reinforces the important role
Canada is playing in leading global 5G technology development,” said Sean Yang, president of
Huawei Canada, in a statement.
• Multiple Canadian carriers have been conducting 5G trials, including Bell and Rogers Wireless,
who’ve also successfully trial of 5G network speeds. In comparison to the United States
however, Canada is much closer to achieving the upgraded infrastructure on a national
scale. In July, Bell and Nokia collaborated to conduct the first successful trial of 5G
technology in Canada.Mobile Syrup – October 5, 2017

13. Adoption Rates / 5G
Source - http://partsun.com/person/tips.html?id=5158

14. Verizon and Ericsson Partnership 5G
Source - http://www.techrepublic.com/article/verizon-and-ericsson-partner-for-5g-wireless-trials-
at-indy-500/?ftag=TREee10240&bhid=23321323188161054569322732153870
Verizon and Ericsson will be partnering to run trials of their 5G wireless
technology at the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500, the pair
announced Monday.
The test will occur the day before the historic race in a 5G-connected
home close to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, according to a press
release. The house will use a gateway based on the Intel 5G Mobile
Trial Platform, the press release said, to live stream races in both 4K
360-degree video and virtual reality (VR), making use of "multi-gigabit
per-second network speeds with low latency," the release said.

15. Fastest Network / Canada
Source - http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/telus/canada-fastest-mobile-network-2017-
telus-pcmag/

16. Rural High Speed Internet / Government of
Canada
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/budget-2019-internet-speed-1.5060457
• BTW: Harper had this in his platform back in 2015. So, why are the Liberals
acting now?
https://www.conservative.ca/harper-promises-broadband-expansion-into-
more-rural-communities/

17. Rural High Speed Internet / 5G
Source - https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/xplornet-launches-bold-
new-plan-to-improve-rural-broadband-855356657.html
WOODSTOCK, NB, March 15, 2019 /CNW/ - Rural Canadians will soon have access to faster
speeds and more data as Xplornet Communications Inc. makes historic investments in its
national broadband network, enabled by the Government of Canada's Accelerated Investment
Incentive.
Announced today by President and CEO Allison Lenehan, this bold new investment plan will
position Xplornet to deliver 5G wireless services nationally to rural Canadians.
"We have made unprecedented investments in our broadband network to offer more services to
our customers. Later this year, Xplornet will double the speeds we are able to offer customers to
50 Mbps," said Mr. Lenehan. "Then, we will fulfill our bold promise to offer 100 Mbps speeds to
rural Canadians by the end of 2020."
This investment will enable Xplornet, Canada's leading rural broadband provider, by the end of
next year, to provide 5G-ready wireless services across Canada, supported by new investments
in a fibre backbone capable of delivering speeds of at least 1Gbps.
The plan makes effective use of Xplornet's licensed 3500 MHz spectrum to provide rural
Canadians with 5G wireless services.