Monetizing 5G slicing: Turning a game-changing concept into an operational reality

Network slicing peaked on the infamous Gartner Hype Cycle in August 2019. With that milestone well behind it, communications service providers (CSPs) are taking steps to make 5G network slicing a reality. Within their organizations, doubters are being brushed aside, trials are moving ahead, and expectations are running high.

This is not to say that all challenges have been resolved. 5G slicing won’t be able to go mainstream until there is widespread deployment of standalone 5G, which likely will take about a year or so.

Another important obstacle lies in rolling out network and service management, orchestration and monetization solutions to support slicing. The latter is the focus of this report. Now is the time for CSPs to nail down their operational approaches to slicing and figure out how to turn it from a technical connectivity capability into customizable enterprise services that can be monetized easily end to end across partners.

Read this report to understand:

• What the drivers are for network slicing
• Which use cases and verticals are most promising
• Why it’s important to talk about slicing in terms customers can understand
• How CSPs are testing slicing concepts as part of the TM Forum Catalyst Program and other proofs of concept
• How CSPs intend to deploy network slicing capabilities
• Why automation and life-cycle management are critical for 5G slicing
• How standards development organizations and open source groups are collaborating to advance network slicing