Rural carriers are weighing the “when” and “how” of the transition to 5G, both in terms of technical issues and business cases. During a carrier panel at the Competitive Carriers annual convention this week, representatives from US Cellular, Alaska’s GCI and Wisconsin’s Cellcom discussed the state of their networks and 5G.
US Cellular has been “tremendous customer uptake” and expects to have a more robust 5G service offering as it gets access to more midband spectrum, said Rebecca Murphy Thompson, VP of government affairs for the carrier.