Will there be a 5G capable version of the MG21/MG21E coming?

[SjP]

Hi all,

We have been testing the MG21E within our environment and are very happy with this device. We are looking at purchasing for all our sites as a failover device and before i commit to this, i was wondering if there are any plans to support 5G and if so when? 

[DHAnderson]

I am a Meraki Partner, and Meraki generally dies not talk about their future product plans, even to their partners

That said, it would seem reasonable that they would be working on a 5G version.  There are many hurdles, regulatory and with the carriers, so a turn around time is not likely to be very quick.  On thing you could do check is to see if Meraki has devices in the FCC regulatory testing process.

[Looker44]

Has anyone heard of the 5G version (T-Mobile) coming out yet?

[cmr]

@Looker44 I'm sure there will be one, but no idea how soon.  I'd also like to guess it will be called an MG51(E) 😈

[DHAnderson]

@Looker44 

The MG41 is CAT 18.

According to https://www.everythingrf.com/community/what-is-lte-cat-18:

LTE Cat 18 is the new technology introduced by 3GPP as part of the LTE Advanced protocol, that supports up to 8 spatial streams, 4x4 MIMO on 3 LTE carriers, 5x20 MHz carrier aggregation and 64/256 QAM. LTE Cat 18 provides a faster and better broadband experience with speeds up to 1200 Mbit/s downlink and 211 Mbit/s uplink. It is compliant with 3GPP Release 13.

-Dave

[MerryAki · Accepted solution]

Yes, that's probably the MG51.

Announcement is from Today/ Cisco live:

 

It will be listed here: https://meraki.cisco.com/products/wireless-wan