Seoul, Korea - February 24, 2017 - Samsung Electronics and Arqiva today announced an agreement to conduct the United Kingdom's first 5G trials with a focus on Fixed Wireless Access. The trial deployment will demonstrate the potential for 5G to serve as a compelling alternative to fibre deployment for delivery of fast broadband services as a lead-in to future 5G enhanced mobile broadband services.
"5G will be a crucial pillar of the UK's economy in the 2020s. The smarter network infrastructure and an enhanced ability to support exponential scale for connectivity will open the doors to further applications across a variety of markets such as IoT, industrial applications and the full promise of autonomous vehicles," said Simon Beresford-Wylie, CEO of Arqiva. "Our trial with Samsung will demonstrate the enormous potential of 5G FWA as an alternative to fibre for delivering ultra-high speed connectivity to homes and businesses."