AT & T CEO: Intelligent machine can not grab 5G starting | it first introduced a 5G hot device

Although operators have been brewing 5G promotion issues, but AT & T CEO Randall Stephenson view, consumers want to allocate a 5G phone, have to wait for some time.Obviously, the smart phone industry has dragged on again Standard hind legs in the earnings call on Wednesday, Randall told investors that the first 5G device will be a mobile hot spot.

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Chipmakers say the first 5G-compatible baseband that's small enough to fit into a handset will not come by early next year, but it's easier to launch 'one piece' of shared 5G portable hotspot devices .

Randall pointed out that the lack of early smart phones will become a major obstacle to the popularity of 5G, which is exactly the same as when the 4G LTE network was first launched. Before manufacturers launched 4G smartphones, the first thing consumers saw was the ability to carry LTE Modem laptop.

Operators are currently fierce competition for the starting 5G, such as Verizon hopes to 5G as a broadband alternative services, and in commercial launch this year; T-Mobile also promised to build a nationwide network by 2020.