Security News > 2020 > September > Ongoing and initial costs top list of barriers to 5G implementation

Of the respondents who do not feel their current infrastructure is capable of supporting 5G, none have deployed 5G, 19% are piloting, 43% are planning to pilot, and 52% are not planning or evaluating whether to pilot 5G. Costs reported as top barriers to 5G implementation.

According to the report, ongoing and initial costs are reported as top barriers for federal agencies wishing to implement 5G - 44% believe initial/up-front costs will be the biggest barrier and 49% are concerned about ongoing costs.

"There is no single approach to 5G and no one-size-fits-all 5G solution," said Chris Collura, vice president, Federal business for CommScope.

"This study indicates that federal agencies are at the beginning stages of 5G evaluation and deployment. As they are looking to finalize their strategy for connectivity, agencies should also consider private networks, whether those are private LTE networks, private 5G networks, or a migration from one to the other to ensure flexibility and scalability."

82% plan to or have already adopted 5G with 6% having already deployed 5G, 14% piloting 5G and 62% evaluating/planning to pilot 5G. 71% are looking at hardware, software or endpoint upgrades to support 5G. 83% believe it is very/somewhat important for mission-critical traffic on the agency network to remain onsite while 64% feel it is very/somewhat important.

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