5(G) Predictions for 2025

This IDC Market Perspective examines five predictions in the next 12 months that will shape solution and service development, commercialization efforts, and marketing of 5G networks and use cases. New technical specification releases from the 3GPP and vendor investment in R&D and partnerships will fuel a series of new commercial deployments and marketing around 5G in 2025."5G is solidly in the back half of the typical 10-year cellular generation life cycle, yet that maturity has it poised to deliver some of the most exciting and innovative use cases to date, finally delivering on the much-hyped promise we've been hearing about for years," says Jason Leigh, senior research manager, 5G and Mobility Services at IDC. "And 2025 will serve as the starting gate for the transformative 5G-enabled use cases via enhancements like network slicing, 5G network APIs, and private 5G networks that will enhance the customer's digital-native journey and deliver material benefits to 5G vendors' bottom line."