1,062 5G devices commercially available in May: GSA

The number of announced 5G devices increased by 1.9% to reach 1,400 devices in May 2022, of which, 1,062 are commercially available, according to a report by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).

The commercially available 5G devices represent 75.8% of all announced 5G devices, GSA said. “This is an increase of 23.9% in the number of commercial 5G devices since the end of December 2021,” it added.

By the end of May, GSA said it had identified 192 manufacturers with announced available or upcoming 5G devices, 1,400 announced devices, 735 phones 214 fixed wireless access customer-premises equipment (CPE), 788 announced devices with declared support for standalone 5G in sub-6 GHz bands, 599 of which are commercially available, among others.

“Based on manufacturers’ previous statements and recent rates of device release, we might expect to see the number of commercial devices approach the 1,200 mark by the end of the second quarter of 2022,” the report mentioned.