Viavi Solutions has released its ‘State of 5G Deployments’ document, expecting 55 live networks to have been deployed by the end of 2019. We spoke to Li-Ke Huang, VP Wireless Technology in Viavi’s Wireless Business Unit, and Owen O’Donnell, Marketing Manager at Viavi Solutions, to get a bit of background ahead of MWC. The report itself notes that 5G is ahead of schedule, as it was initially thought that the technology would make its debut in 2020. It found that 13 commercial 5G networks were launched in 2018, across mobile and fixed-wireless, and anticipates 42 additional launches this year. Europe will take first place, with 21, and the Middle East will hold second with 14, followed by 10 in Asia,…