Acceptance determinants of 5G services

Abstract

5G is a revolutionary development in network technologies which is gradually becoming very common among people contributing significantly in different fields such as education, industry, agriculture, health, tourism and military. Currently, 5G is an outbreak change as opposed to the traditional service of the Internet since it offers better quality, ultra-fast connection, low-cost, reduced latency, energy saving, which makes its great impact even greater in people’s life. The present study examines various factors that have a significant impact on the Use of 5G in the Gulf area. The study extended the TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) to include factors such as Perceived Enjoyment, Perceived Resources and Perceived Skills Readiness. The present research has adopted a hybrid model that incorporates TAM determinants with other external factors which have a direct relation with 5G as internet service. Previous studies have focused on the importance of 5G in different environments and countries. However, this study focuses on the newly spread Use of 5G in the gulf area by adopting a hybrid conceptual model. The findings suggest that 5G may help in promoting the usage of internet service more effectively with its low-cost, faster data transfer and better quality. Moreover, the findings indicate a positive effect of the gender as a mediator between the variables: Perceived Skills Readiness, Perceived Ease of use, and Perceived Resources.

Analysis of Engineering Students Acceptance and Usage of 5G Technology: A Case Study of Gannon University

“…For example, one of the recent studies regarding the 5G acceptance is examined. The acceptance in the medical field and university among the students respectively (Al-Maroof et al, 2021;Martin et al, 2021). The latter one closely relates to the study presented here, however, as mentioned the study is conducted in a gulf country.…”

“…In this study, the target group is students from Gannon University. Similar work is presented in studies by Al-Maroof et al (Al-Maroof et al, 2021) and Shah et al (Shah et al, 2021), which have considered students from gulf countries, China, and Iran, respectively. All studies have considered the technology acceptance model with additional factors.…”

“…The following are the hypotheses of statistical tests that will be performed. These hypotheses are considered from the previous study, which had been done recently where authors considered the use of 5G in the gulf area (Al-Maroof et al, 2021).…”

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“…Through Smart PLS, it was possible to use the SEM, and maximum likelihood estimation was present to enable the recognition of the interdependence of the structural model and several theoretical constructs [102][103][104][105][106]. Similarly, it was possible to assess the proposed hypotheses.…”

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