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5G Technology Development and Future Applications
Transforming the Telco: 5G Network as a Service
Developing the instinct for survival in the digital economy
Building a Network Which is Programmable
Digital transformation is undoubtedly the challenge of this generation of Telco executives, and how well we handle it will determine the shape of the Telco industry for decades to come. Telco companies are now betting on a network as a service (NaaS) architecture. This is a massive undertaking that requires a digital transformation of the network, underlying operational and business support systems (OSS/BSS) and processes, and people.
The transformation is a collaboration between Network and IT teams to build the future telecommunication network architecture, which is moving away from traditional physical networks supported by silos of OSS/BSS to virtualized, software-defined networks supported and orchestrated by centralized IT.
This software-driven architecture dramatically enhances speed to market through digitized and re-usable capability, enabling simpler and more flexible products to be offered to customers. This supports near real-time activation and provisioning, end-to-end order tracking, and dynamic service…
