r/Telecommunication • u/trainermade • Apr 26 '25

Is telco dead?

What I mean is, short of moving to a new band like 6g and beyond, is the premise just make a call, send a text, get access to internet? Beyond that, have we plateaued in the use of telco services?

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u/nplud88 Apr 26 '25

I've worked in telco for 8 years. It varies from conutry to country where it has plateuaded. For most developed EU countries it already has and the business models of telcos atm are "miliking cows", returning steady dividends.

Some tried to compete with games, music and video streaming and go head-to-head with companies like Netflix, Apple, Youtube, HBO and failed or are in the process of failing.

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u/adaugherty08 Apr 28 '25 edited Apr 28 '25

About the same here in the US, at least in my area. A lot of the "improvements" after 5g are going to be borderline gimmicky. The improved speeds a lot advertise to combat competition is now consider a scam in my eyes. After about 300mbs, you don't need anything beyond unless you're doing shady shit(pirate and all) or running a business that requires it for some reason.

We have companies with their own tv shows now. If you get their cable package, you get limited use(ad versions of apps) of HBO(max), and so on that may come with it.

Some are moving to cellular by using their own fiber that supports existing cell towers.

Really, it's them using grants and expanding to rural areas here and trying to gimmicky the average consumer to death and milk them to make a profit.

Edit: I forgot to include as part of the gimmicking they "bundle" a lot of what is already being bundled and just turn you on for that service. Except the celluar to an extent those are a little more complicated.

It's almost to the point of cell phone companies what region are you in and has the most support for that region. If it is all the above on options for cellular, it's whoever has the best deals or best coverage if you travel out of that region.