I think anyone buying into Voda should be prepared to hold shares for a long time. No-one is going to make a quick buck off this, I donāt think the share price will rise drastically either.
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What is your logic behind the conclusions?
Well, devices are so powerful now-a-days people arenāt too fussed about upgrading.
Sure, there will always be a small group who always want the latest device but thatās a small group.
The money will be in data, but as new rules come in around people who are out of contract (meaning people will pay less per month) and the fact that Wi-fi is available everywhere now, I think data will become less profitable but will be mobile firms most profitable side of the business and this, may be a problem.
I agree that this is a long hold.
Good article on why 5G is a little different to say 3G to 4G
5G isnāt exclusive to some networks as far as I have seen, 4G was ( unless I am misremembering this ). The bigger concerns are, itās limited to some cities, itāll be more expensive but how many multiples over 4G will consumers pay, and the biggest is the lack of device support on launch.
Excellent point. Iāve quickly stuck the dates of 3G and 4G launch onto Vodafoneās ticker:
Looks like 4G created a small jump in share price, and 3G seemed to have almost no impact. I suppose the embrace of these new technologies is expected of telecoms companies, not a reason for their profit to vastly increase.
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Thank you for doing that, very interesting to see it like that.
Maybe 3Gās impact was in 1998 - the dotcom excitement and the expectation of new worlds and new rules, all of that. I havenāt gone back and checked what it was like for other TMT stocks but I guess the 2000 crash meant a few years of being out of favour.
They said that about 4Gā¦ I cannot see 5G alone boosting Voda.
A nice read up on 5G disruption predictions from Deloitte.
Sounds like this could open up a lot of new doors, if itās a big as they claim then maybe this will have an impact, but that feels more of a gamble to me.
Seems other firms will befit from greater access to faster internet over the next 2-4 years rather than just the providers who lay down the infrastructure.
I remember reading (might have even been deloitte again on this) that the network operators are struggling with 4G right now, they will be forced into 5G because they canāt meet the needs of their users (higher mobile data consumption more frequently, video streaming becoming more common.)
Worth keeping an eye on but I donāt know enough about the finer details of $VOD to dip my toe in just yet.
I agree with @ytsruh if 5G benefits, it benefits every carrier.
Iām sure someone will come up with 5G etf if not already.
It might better to buy network infrastructure and mobile chipset providers.
Also I read that 5G requires lot of fibre network, so may be BT?
Iām inclined to agree. I think this thread has put me off Vodafone 
Using vodafone put me off Vodafone
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I only ever used Voda once and quickly changed. I never looked back.
EE will launch 5G end of May. Vodafone is launching in July.
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Isnt EE property of āSlow Internetā BT? is the 5G stock play BT vs Vodafone?
Yes itās part of the BT Group. They are also putting up their broadband and mobile prices for the 5G rollout.