The past year has been extremely significant for the development of 5G. We have watched the construction of a more strategically oriented framework to give life to the picture promised by 5G technology, with the confirmation of a growing interest in industries such as manufacturing and mobility. On the American market, the first private network solutions with plug-and-play installation and integration with other cloud services are now offered by the major cloud providers. Despite a high degree of network coverage throughout the country, project development in Italy is extremely slow. The forecast, on the other hand, is promising. If the fifth generation of mobile networks is solely used for technology testing and partial process reengineering, the industrial market might be worth 40 million euros by 2025. Alternatively, if we properly structure the offer and 5G becomes the standard for industrial connectivity and in the corporate sector, the market might be worth 200 million euros. In the second scenario, a value will be attained with a growth trajectory similar to the initial years of innovations that later became prevalent in the corporate sector, such as the Internet of Things and the Cloud. These are some of the findings of the 5G & Beyond Observatory of the Politecnico di Milano School of Management, which were presented yesterday at the conference "5G: vision, strategy, and contingency."
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