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2019 will see lots of 5G action but not necessarily service revenues

November 21, 2018

Despite traction around spectrum allocation, network commercialization and device-side support, operators don’t necessarily expect any increase in attendant service revenues in 2019. AT&T CFO John Stephens, speaking recently at he Morgan Stanley European Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in Barcelona, said he doesn’t expect to report 5G revenue next year and pointed out that the current device upgrade cycle is 5% per quarter so it’d be 20 quarters before handsets are fully turned over.

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