Telco providers face several challenges in network planning. New technologies require many more antennas to be more precisely placed and configured than ever before. For example, this requires delivering 17 million microcells and towers by 2025 – an order of magnitude more than historic deployments. While the demand for data and the growth of connected devices continues to create a need for more extensive and efficient communication networks, both demand and willingness to pay are very unequally distributed. As the pandemic recovery continues globally, telcos must deal with lumpy and uneven increases in the demand for high-speed internet, data, and voice services.
