As the underlying technology that comprises 5G has developed, a variety of industry groups, working hand-in-hand with national and international regulatory agencies, have collaborated to ensure global scalability of the next generation of cellular. This unified approach, as with previous generations of technology, is an imperative–devices made in China need to work in the U.S., architectures developed in the U.K. need to be replicable by manufacturers in Southeast Asia and handsets need to roam between 5G networks in Switzerland and South Africa.
