Telecoms vs New York: Organizations representing the US’ major telecoms have challenged a New York state law requiring ISPs to provide affordable broadband. The lawsuit could definitively determine whether states can regulate broadband pricing.

This report presents our inaugural forecast on US mobile network users. It focuses on 5G subscriptions, connections, and users, and profiles the major mobile telecom providers.

The reports in this collection look at ad spending in the retail, financial services, computing products and consumer electronics, automotive, telecom, travel, health and pharma, media and entertainment, and CPG industries. Countries covered in this report series include the US, UK, and Germany.

Digital ad spend by telecom and by computing products and consumer electronics companies will outperform industry averages in 2020. In a difficult year for digital ad spending, they will be two of only three industries to maintain double-digit growth.

As 5G networks expand, T-Mobile and other telecoms possess a unique ability to fill connectivity gaps left by traditional broadband providers in rural areas. A 2020 report by research group Broadband Now found that 42 million US residents lack the ability to purchase broadband internet.

In Spain, streaming platforms are increasingly vying for projects, talent, and viewers. Netflix began producing originals in Spain in 2016 and opened its first European production hub in Madrid in the Spring of 2019. However, as a result of this competition, HBO Spain has doubled down on producing series in Spain in 2019, increasing investment from Amazon Studios, as well as continued investment from Viacom, ATRESMEDIA, and telecom behemoths like Orange & Movistar.

Incumbent corporate investors, particularly the venture arms of telecom companies, are looking at more of the value chain to help 5G connectivity take off. Startups Demonstrate Tomorrow’s 5G Use Cases. The telecom industry has claimed each of the past few years to be “the year” for 5G networks to be realized.

Though Microsoft is reportedly interested in 5G cloud networks and AWS has explored 5G edge computing with Verizon in the past, the Dish deal marks the first true attempt to replicate the physical infrastructure of a telecom network in the cloud. If it works, AWS could take this model and apply it to other telecoms.

India’s telecom ministry announced it has approved telecoms to begin a six-month trial of 5G uses and applications using technology from more than a dozen vendors spanning multiple countries.

So, it makes sense for the telecoms giant to make a major telehealth play: Verizon’s simultaneous push into 5G and telehealth is symbiotic.

Not one for subtlety, the telecom calls its new initiative, “The Great Unlimited Trade-Up.” Unlimited plans like these are essential for the future of 5G wireless communications, which inevitably requires large amounts of data. The free upgrade to unlimited is just one of several new initiatives by T-Mobile to bring in more subscribers to its 5G network.

Most major cloud computing suppliers, including Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and IBM, have reached partnerships with telecom companies to host data and data services in distributed sites, allowing edge computing and lowering the latency for all types of digital services.

The US telecom industry has long been an advertising behemoth. While the telecom space has fewer companies than any of the other industries we track, these players are almost all huge spenders.

While pandemic-driven lockdowns may have benefited certain forms of media, the traditional pay TV industry is not one of them. In fact, cable, satellite, and telecom TV providers will lose the most subscribers ever.

British Telecom (BT). Cardiff University. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). China Mobile. China Telecom. CivicScience. CynergisTek. DarkOwl. Elisa. Ericsson. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Fierce Wireless. GlobeNewswire. Huawei. Johnson+Johnson Institute. KT. Medical Device Innovation Consortium. Medical Economics. Medivis.

Cloud services vendors and telecom companies will offer the ability to run applications in distributed edge locations, sometimes near or at the base of 5G cell towers, offering lower latency for all types of custom applications. Smart devices.

Power’s technology, media, and telecom practice. Connected Cars: The Next Frontier. Most media, entertainment, and marketing experts believe connected cars will be one of the next big opportunities for 5G and IoT.

Telecom service providers and mobile device manufacturers finally began peeling away these limitations last year. The current, relatively small 5G user base will allow for colossal growth over the next several years. Even after a projected 161.4% increase in US 5G mobile service subscriptions in 2021, growth will be 79.1%, 71.9%, and 32.0% over the next three years, respectively.