“ The more rural we go , the harder it gets , as we have to use technology and available spectrum more creatively ”

BRIAN DALY AT & T for example , has had promising results in trials that combine its mid-band spectrum with mmWave , but won ’ t be commercially launching that service until early in 2022 .

Brian Daly , AVP of Standards and Industry Alliances at AT & T - which has been recognised several times as having the US ’ fastest 5G , even though its extensive use of mmWave spectrum means that its coverage spans an extremely narrow footprint - is confident that consumer adoption in the US is set to hit 15 % of the nation ’ s telecom subscriber base by the end of the year . The country ’ s deployment “ has been very aggressive with the major carriers all offering nationwide

50 July 2021