CSPs are working to make 5G slicing real and take advantage of opportunities in capacity utilization, smart cities, differentiated services and tailored SLAs.
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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: