RESEARCH BRIEF: A Glimpse Into the 5G Future: 48 Hours With Gigabit LTE

By Anshel Sag - April 10, 2017

As 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) continues to mature, the industry is looking toward new technologies like Gigabit LTE to help consumers transition to 5G. Gigabit LTE is a marketing name for 3GPP’s (3rd Generation Partnership Project) LTE Advanced Pro technology, included in 3GPPP Release 13. This technology is part of the 4G LTE family of technologies and represents the next phase of 4G LTE’s evolution. It is the coverage layer that most users will experience once 5G becomes a reality.

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Executive Summary
Gigabit LTE Device & Network Technologies
Gigabit LTE Use Cases
Experiential Testing & Speeds
Gigabit LTE’s Role in 5G
Call to Action
Figure 1: Netgear Nighthawk M1
Figure 2: Playing Overwatch While Streaming on Facebook
Figure 3: Speedtest.net Result

Companies Cited

Alienware
Blizzard (Overwatch)
Ericsson
Facebook
Google YouTube
Insta360
Lenovo
Netgear
NextVR
Qualcomm
Samsung
Snapchat
Speedtest.net
Sprint
Telstra
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Anshel Sag

VP & Principal Analyst | Website | + posts

Anshel Sag is Moor Insights & Strategy’s in-house millennial with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry. Anshel has had extensive experience working with consumers and enterprises while interfacing with both B2B and B2C relationships, gaining empathy and understanding of what users really want. Some of his earliest experience goes back as far as his childhood when he started PC gaming at the ripe of old age of 5 while building his first PC at 11 and learning his first programming languages at 13.