This allows it to make better use of high frequency bands (above 24 GHz/gigahertz), the mid-bands (1-6 GHz), and the low or sub-GHz bands.10 Of particular interest in the lower 5G bands are bands in the ranges of 3300-4200 megahertz (MHz) and 4400-4990 MHz, which are already being used in 5G trials in China. [...] The recent merger of Sprint and T-Mobile has also attracted attention to the state of 5G in the United States. [...] In January of this year, the Government of Ontario announced it would invest $63 million into a project with CENGN and the Ontario Centres of Excellence, to launch a “next-generation network” testbed in Ontario.17 This testbed will be open for SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) to conduct proof-of-concept models for a variety of industry applications including autonomous vehicles and smart [...] Bell and Huawei’s “Wireless to the Home” project uses the 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz spec- trum bands to run high-speed trials in Ontario towns including Orangeville, Feversham, and Bethany.24 They plan to soon expand the number of trials and upgrade them to 5G specifica- tions. [...] Cisco estimates that there will be 50 billion con- nected devices by 2020, so the quantity of data that will flow through these networks is sub- stantial and offers incredible revenue potential.31 The need to identify, test and prove the feasibility of industrial business cases will be essential to the scalability of 5G.
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