to make autonomous driving possible on a wide scale for example so far the bettors are deutsche telekom britain's vodafone spain's telefonica and newcomer a german newcomer united internet it's brand one and one has no network of its own . in other parts of the world five g. has already taken off in asia pacific region there are forecast to be around one hundred twenty million five g. subscriptions by two thousand and twenty one now we're vendor ericsson expects north america to be in second place with forty eight million subscriptions followed by europe which one and two million subscriptions lead america will start off with just three million and africa in the near east with two million. and let's talk now to our financial correspondent frankfurt conrad booze and. conrad big auction today how much money is this expected to fetch and how telecom carriers how much money do they stand to make from these networks. experts predict that the auction will fetch an amount between three and five billion euros which is far less than the carriers have to pay at previous auctions you know at the beginning o

autonomous driving possible on a wide scale the bettors for this lees licenses are so far deutsche telekom britain's vodafone and spain's telephony co as well as a german newcomer united internet its brand called one and one has no network but so in other parts of the world five g. has already taken off in the asia pacific region there are forecast to be around one hundred twenty million five g. subscriptions by twenty twenty one network supplier ericsson expects north america to be second place with forty eight million subscriptions by then followed by europe with twenty two million latin america will start off with just three million subscriptions and africa in the middle east with two million. it's well here in europe a controversy is a company in the build out of the five g. network almost every major telecom carrier says they need equipment from china is why the way to control costs and meet deadlines but the u.s. has been pressuring its allies to prohibit hallways components here's why. remote brain surgery in china the patient was in the beijing hospital the neurosurgeon three thousand kilome

that would make autonomy striving possible on a wide scale while the biggest so far are deutsche telekom britain's vodafone spain's telefonica and a german company. it's a newcomer to the market doesn't have any network of its own now. other parts of the world five g. has already taken off in the asia pacific region for example there are forecast to be about one hundred twenty million five hundred subscribers and about two years time by twenty twenty one network supplier ericsson expects north america to be following to be trailing in second place with forty eight million and that's followed by europe with twenty two million and latin america with three million the mena region the middle east and africa with about two million subscribers expected by twenty twenty one we're joined now by stephen beard he's been following this very closely today from d.w. business hi there stephen o'bryan d.w. set to be a technology that will be dominating the future of communications were right absolutely five g. is going to make everything possible from what you hear from the hype from autonomous driving to remote