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Table 1

Key trends and uncertainties

Key trends	Key uncertainties
Increase in indoor data usage	MNO indoor coverage – macro base stations or small cells
Increase in number of subscriptions	Venue network operation – licensed spectrum or unlicensed spectrum
Increase in IoT/M2M traffic	Indoor networks technology – IEEE or 3GPP
Emergence of local operator networks	Interoperability among incumbents and emerging local operators
Spectrum licenses allocation in higher frequencies	Competition because of new entrants
Increase in adoption of eSIM	Life cycles of deployed networks – long term or short term
Emergence of eMBB, URLLC and mMTC use cases	Data usage demands – increasing or saturated
Digitalization of venues	5G subscription charges

Key trends	Key uncertainties
Increase in indoor data usage	MNO indoor coverage – macro base stations or small cells
Increase in number of subscriptions	Venue network operation – licensed spectrum or unlicensed spectrum
Increase in IoT/M2M traffic	Indoor networks technology – IEEE or 3GPP
Emergence of local operator networks	Interoperability among incumbents and emerging local operators
Spectrum licenses allocation in higher frequencies	Competition because of new entrants
Increase in adoption of eSIM	Life cycles of deployed networks – long term or short term
Emergence of eMBB, URLLC and mMTC use cases	Data usage demands – increasing or saturated
Digitalization of venues	5G subscription charges

Note:

M2M = Machine-to-machine