* The benefits of car autonomy are not modelled here, but captured in the road use cases.
Note: costs are in 2020 terms and cover expected costs and benefits to 2040.
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Europe: 5G upgrade costs and benefits across use cases
According to the source, the most extensive economic benefits across these use cases of a full ** deployment in Europe are from the smart factories, agriculture and fixed wireless access. However, all use cases will have positive net values from the ** upgrade based on the cost to benefit ratio. The use cases with the highest benefit to cost ratio are fixed wireless access and urban hotspots.
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Ericsson. (March 29, 2021). Benefits and costs of full 5G deployments across use cases in Europe (in billion euros) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1190049/use-cases-benefits-costs-5g-upgrade-europe/
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