🚨 OUT TODAY: A ‘New Deal for 5G’ needed to close glaring investment shortfall There are multiple factors driving the 5G infrastructure investment shortfall (of £20-37bn), which ultimately prevents it from being widely available in the UK by 2030. There are multiple causes of the investment gap. The most salient ones are: - Uncertainty over demand for 5G services - Structure of the mobile market - Current approach to spectrum policy - The supply of land and property - Planning system Only a suite of measures can close the investment gap. It's imperative that each of the barriers is addressed, as the lack of high quality 5G is holding back UK growth. And we remain far behind the global frontier when it comes to high-speed internet - getting 5G only 10% of the time. We have laid out a new deal for 5G in the UK - looking at necessary reforms in the planning system, higher public sector involvement and clearly defined 5G investment guarantees from mobile network operators. Read the full report, kindly sponsored by APWireless Infrastructure Partners, LLC:
