66% of companies plans to deploy 5G by 2020: Gartner

According to a new survey by Gartner, Sixty-six percent of organizations have plans to deploy 5G by 2020 but are wary of the lack of readiness of communications service providers (CSPs) in making 5G networks ready by then. It said the IoT communications remains the most popular target use case for 5G, with 59 percent of the organizations surveyed expecting 5G-capable networks to be widely used for the purpose. The next most popular use case is video, which was chosen by 53 percent of the respondents. "In terms of 5G adoption, end-user organizations have clear demands and expectations for 5G use cases," said Sylvain Fabre, senior research director at Gartner. "In terms of 5G adoption, end-user organizations have clear demands and expectations for 5G use cases," said Sylvain Fabre, senior research director at Gartner.