Nearly 60% users will switch to 5G network: Ericsson study

Close to 60 per cent of the respondents in India said that they would either switch to a 5G operating network immediately after roll-out or wait six months to see if their existing network provider would offer 5G before switching. This is according to findings from Ericsson’s 5G Consumer Potential Study conducted on smart phone users across ages of 15 – 69 years, released on Tuesday.

Around 46 per cent of respondents felt that 5G will be available here in between one-and-a-half and two years.

Ericsson said that enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and fixed wireless access (FWA) are the early use cases for 5G technology in India, once it starts getting rolled out.