The slowdown in new 5G launches last year continued into the first half of 2022 as most markets worldwide have already launched commercial 5G services. According to Kagan data, there have been only 20 new commercial 5G launches in the first eight months of 2022, bringing the worldwide total to 220 operators with active commercial 5G services in 85 markets.
Also only 33 operators that have deployed stand-alone commercial 5G services across 25 markets worldwide as of August 2022
Ericsson and Nokia remain the top systems vendors in terms of publicly disclosed customer relationships. However, Huawei claims the top spot in terms of total 5G
So far, Kagan data shows that there are only 33 operators that have deployed stand-alone commercial 5G services across 25 markets worldwide as of August 2022.
