The Middle East gears up for 5G

Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Zane Small of Telecom Review summarises where we are now on the road to 5G and focuses specifically on how things are going in the Middle East and Africa.
Fifth-generation (5G) networks will soon be a reality in the Middle East following the successful completion of the first implementable Release 15 5G New Radio (NR) specifications published in December 2017 at the 3G