While the global consumer 5G market is still in the early stages of development, operator commitment to network rollouts in 2019, in tandem with highly competitive pricing approaches, has secured a solid foundation for subscription growth acceleration in 2020.

The report identifies a number of important security challenges that are likely to become more prominent in 5G networks; for example, the role of suppliers in building and operating 5G networks that results in greater access of third-party suppliers to networks and to interlinkages between 5G networks and third-party systems, as well as the degree of dependency on individual suppliers that increases the exposure to a potential supply interruption. Read to know the other challenges being faced by the 5G technology.