Belarus is preparing for the start of LTE work and in other countries think about the cost of the transition to 5G. According to estimates of experts, the translation of existing infrastructure to 5G LTE will cost U.S. companies $48 billion Network will probably not have to rebuild completely from scratch, and will be used existing infrastructure, but even in this case, the costs are high.

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Belarus is preparing for the start of LTE work and in other countries think about the cost of the transition to 5G. According to estimates of experts, the translation of existing infrastructure to 5G LTE will cost U.S. companies $48 billion Network will probably not have to rebuild completely from scratch, and will be used existing infrastructure, but even in this case, the costs are high.

Specialists from iGR believes that the stated amount can be directed on modernization of networks in the next three to four years. The company also projected total costs for the development of 5G by 2025 — it is about $56 billion, excluding operating expenses. With them it grows approximately two — fold to $104 billion in the next 9 years.

In October, the first Deputy Minister of communications and Informatization Dmitry Shedko said that 5G for Belarus — term around 2020. the "This is the normal time that the technology was tested and could effectively apply" — he said. According to Shedko, in 2016 to approve the standard at the level of the International telecommunication Union, in the next two years will be its experimental implementation in several countries.

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