Erik Keith is the Senior Research Analyst for Broadband Infrastructure within the Telecommunications, Media and Technology (Kagan) research group at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Erik Keith is the Senior Research Analyst for Broadband Infrastructure within the Telecommunications, Media and Technology (Kagan) research group at S&P Global Market Intelligence. His areas of expertise include DSL, FTTH and cable networking technologies, as well as emerging 5G small cell and SDN/NFV/DAA solutions. Mr. Keith’s primary deliverables are quarterly market share and annual forecast reports, along with annual operator surveys focused on 5G, cable, and telco broadband access network evolution and related service deployment plans.
5G tracker: 94 markets worldwide have commercial 5G services
Commercial 5G launches rebounded in the second half of 2022 as operators in developing markets turned on their networks. Kagan's 5G Tracker lists at least 238 mobile operators serving 94 markets worldwide that had launched commercial 5G services as of year-end 2022. * Developing markets, especially in Africa, took the spotlight for recent commercial 5G launches as operators in ...
Global 5G Survey: Mid-band, mmWave spectra top choices for 5G deployment
5G service deployments will be driven and enabled by leveraging multiple technology and network evolution options, according to Kagan's annual survey of 82 global mobile network decision-makers. Survey respondents confirmed the variety of pathways to 5G for mobile network operators, or MNOs, including key factors such as plans for frequency spectra utilization, 4G to 5G technol...
5G tracker: 85 markets worldwide have commercial 5G services
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. * The 5G frenzy has c...
