75% end-user organisations would be willing to pay more for 5G: Survey

Only 24% of the respondents would be unwilling to pay more for 5G than for 4G

A recent global Gartner survey has revealed that 75 per cent end-user organisations would be willing to pay more for 5G mobile capabilities. Only 24 per cent of the respondents would be unwilling to pay more for 5G than for 4G. “Those in the telecom industry are more likely to be prepared to pay more than those in other industries,” said Sylvain Fabre, research director at Gartner. “End-user organisations in the manufacturing, services and government sectors, for example, are less likely to be willing to pay a premium for 5G than telecom companies, which are willing to pay a 5G premium for their internal use.”

In addition to offering better prices for industries in which users are less convinced of the business benefits of 5G, communications service providers must create value propositions that entice customers to start 5G migration projects sooner. The survey also found that respondents from the telecom sector are less persuaded than those in other industries that 5G will be a revenue enhancer.

Employer confidence

Only one-fifth of HR professionals are fully confident in their employers’ overall ability to effectively assess the skills of entry-level applicants

Only one-fifth of HR professionals are fully confident in their employers’ overall ability to effectively assess the skills of entry-level applicants despite the fact a majority possess some of the most important skills employers value, including dependability and reliability, integrity, respect and teamwork. These findings are according to the SHRM/Mercer Entry-Level Applicant Job Skills Survey, a research collaboration between Mercer and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). 

According to the survey, most employers use in-person interviews (95 per cent), application reviews (87 per cent) and resume reviews (86 per cent) despite nearly one-half of HR professionals having little or no confidence in application and resume reviews. As a result, employers may be missing qualified and talented job candidates.