Ericsson’s latest ConsumerLab survey of mobile consumers and demand patterns finds that 20% of 5G smartphone users would be willing to pay a premium for high quality and “differentiated experiences”. The average amount they would be prepared to pay would be 11%, apparently, so that could potentially translate to 2.2% in extra revenues at the high end of an operator’s customer base. This would be a welcome boost in a market where 5G has rarely had a discernible impact on ARPU for more than a short period of time at launch. Early movers have gained some ARPU uptick in countries like the USA, but this has often been competed out once other MNOs have launched services. In South Korea, all…