13 While the infrastructure buildout will take years to cover the entire country, 5G services are ready to launch in a handful of cities starting in a matter of weeks. The forecast for the 5G adoption rate is presented in Figure 5. Market Segmentation There are be three following segments of 5G implementation in the U.S.: 1. Physical network buildout – infrastructure (towers, fiber-optic networks) and equipment (antennas, base stations, routers, and switches) million jobs created in the U.S. 2. Wireless devices (smartphones, tablets, home routers, etc.) that run on the new 5G network and the components that go inside them 3. Services – companies that deploy services that take advantage of the 5G network Engineeric LLC will make a business in the 1st one. The total 5G market characteristics are presented in Figure 6 Figure 5 5G adoption rate in the U.S., % Figure 6 5G market characteristics
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