- Podcast
- May 6, 2024
- G2 on 5G
A special episode live from MediaTek's 2024 Analyst Summit in Scottsdale Arizona.
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Network Slicing
Network slicing partitions a single physical network into multiple virtual networks, each tuned for specific performance, latency, or reliability requirements, all running on shared infrastructure. It depends on 5G standalone’s flexible, software-defined core, and is a key enabler of differentiated services — dedicated slices for enterprises, critical communications, or specific applications — and therefore a route to new operator revenue. In practice, slicing has advanced more slowly than early expectations, constrained by standalone deployment pace, operational complexity, and unproven demand. For operators, the question is which customers will pay for guaranteed, differentiated connectivity; for enterprises, whether a slice beats a private network. This channel tracks network slicing standards, deployments, and commercial models, with analysis of where slicing is delivering real services and where it remains a capability waiting for a market.
- Podcast
- April 30, 2024
- G2 on 5G
In this 190th episode of The G2 on 5G, we cover:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:16 1. T-Mobile invests in fiber services with ambitions to broaden its broadband services beyond 5G FWA
0:05:11 2. AT&T and T-Mobile Earnings - T-Mobile completes Mint Mobile Acquisition
0:10:55 3. Will the FCC’s reinstatement of net neutrality impact the monetization of 5G network slicing?
0:15:52 4. Intel Earnings - 5G affecting networking business?
0:21:30 5. Verizon supports the New Orleans Jazz Fest with additional 4G and 5G capacity (nfl draft?)
0:25:26 6. DISH wins in court against Crown Castle over 5G site dispute
- News
- April 11, 2024
- Akash Goyal
Amantya Technologies attains Telecom Certification from Dell Technologies for its enterprise-grade 5G SA Core. This certification confirms the core's compatibility with Dell's latest infrastructure, reinforcing Amantya's position as a trusted provider of robust and reliable 5G solutions for enterprises. The achievement empowers customers and partners with confidence to invest in Amantya's suite of 5G accelerators, facilitating the deployment of advanced telco applications and integrated solutions.
- Article & Insights
- April 6, 2024
- Kaustubha Parkhi
What did Insight Research conclude during its coverage of AI in the RAN in its report "AI and RAN - How fast will they run?
1. AI intersects the RAN at numerous angles - the principal end-applications for AI in RAN are traffic optimization, caching, coding and energy management.
2. The impact of AI on these applications is on technical, commercial and competitive fronts.
3. There are numerous AI, ML and DL algorithms that are being used to improve the above end-applications.
4. Thanks to the penchant of AI in dealing with complexity, each of these end-applications will enjoy high CAGRs.
5. AI has democratized the RAN vendor landscape
1. AI intersects the RAN at numerous angles - the principal end-applications for AI in RAN are traffic optimization, caching, coding and energy management.
2. The impact of AI on these applications is on technical, commercial and competitive fronts.
3. There are numerous AI, ML and DL algorithms that are being used to improve the above end-applications.
4. Thanks to the penchant of AI in dealing with complexity, each of these end-applications will enjoy high CAGRs.
5. AI has democratized the RAN vendor landscape
- News
- April 2, 2024
- Kaustubha Parkhi
Key Highlights from the Report “AI and RAN – How Fast Will They Run?” from Insight Research:
The addressable market for AI in RAN will grow by an impressive 45% annually during 2023-2028
The addressable market for AI in 5G RAN will grow faster than earlier telephony generations
The APAC region will be the largest market for AI in RAN caching applications
With a meticulous breakdown of the market by application, region, and telephony generations, the report offers unparalleled quantitative insights, empowering stakeholders to make informed decisions in a rapidly evolving landscape.
The addressable market for AI in RAN will grow by an impressive 45% annually during 2023-2028
The addressable market for AI in 5G RAN will grow faster than earlier telephony generations
The APAC region will be the largest market for AI in RAN caching applications
With a meticulous breakdown of the market by application, region, and telephony generations, the report offers unparalleled quantitative insights, empowering stakeholders to make informed decisions in a rapidly evolving landscape.
- Podcast
- March 30, 2024
- G2 on 5G
In this 185th episode of The G2 on 5G, we cover: Ericsson and Nokia establish new business units to focus on 5G U.S. govt and military deployments , US Department of Justice and 15 States Sue Apple for Anti-Competitive Smartphone Tactics, Three UK books first loss in nearly 15 years blaming 5G deployment costs, and NVIDIA GTC 2024 - NVIDIA charges into Telco with renewed 5G and 6G aspirations utilizing AI
0:24:24 5. UScellular jumps into private 5G manufacturing with Rockwell Industry
0:26:35 6. Jio brags about its network slicing capabilities, including gaming, security, FWA and talks Private Networks
- News
- March 1, 2024
- News Feed
Discover the future of hybrid work with 5G Windows 11 PCs enabled by SoftBank, T-Mobile, Telia, Ericsson, Microsoft, and Thales, offering seamless connectivity and automated eSIM management.
- News
- March 1, 2024
- TeckNexus Editorial
Turkcell and Ericsson have unveiled a successful 5G Standalone network slicing proof of concept, paving the way for personalized and efficient connectivity solutions in Türkiye.
- News
- February 26, 2024
- Vaibhav Mehta
Telcos can adopt the Nabstract Platform and launch 5G API Network Platform business-units to accelerate time-to-market for their offerings and open up new revenue streams
- Podcast
- February 24, 2024
- G2 on 5G
In this 181st episode of The G2 on 5G, we cover:
1. AT&T launches Dynamic Defense
2. The AT&T nationwide cellular outage, explanation and hasty conclusions
3. MWC Barcelona 2024 and three anticipated themes
4. Qualcomm R&D Demos and Other pre-MWC 2024 Announcements, including 6G
5. Singtel claims first app-based 5G network slicing capability
6. Sony’s new portable 5G transmitter for live video or large still images
1. AT&T launches Dynamic Defense
2. The AT&T nationwide cellular outage, explanation and hasty conclusions
3. MWC Barcelona 2024 and three anticipated themes
4. Qualcomm R&D Demos and Other pre-MWC 2024 Announcements, including 6G
5. Singtel claims first app-based 5G network slicing capability
6. Sony’s new portable 5G transmitter for live video or large still images
- News
- February 12, 2024
- News Feed
An industry-leading solution that enables communications service providers to unlock the monetization of new services by consistently delivering differentiated connectivity services
Simplifies network operations by managing conflicting intents to meet the desired business outcomes
Allows the network to respond, adapt and scale in a fully autonomous way to changes in network demands
Leverages one of the largest telco AI and automation use case libraries
Simplifies network operations by managing conflicting intents to meet the desired business outcomes
Allows the network to respond, adapt and scale in a fully autonomous way to changes in network demands
Leverages one of the largest telco AI and automation use case libraries
- News
- February 1, 2024
- Chris Gehlen
Discover Neutroon's latest SaaS innovations for 5G CSPs at MWC Barcelona 2024. Learn about new integrations, features, and partnerships with Druid, CTOne, and others for enhanced enterprise 5G solutions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is network slicing in simple terms?
It’s the ability to carve a single physical 5G network into multiple virtual, independently configured slices, each with its own guaranteed performance characteristics for speed, latency, and reliability, so an operator can sell different service tiers off the same infrastructure rather than building separate networks for each use case. Each slice behaves, from the customer’s perspective, like a dedicated network tailored to their specific needs, even though it’s actually running on shared physical infrastructure alongside other slices serving completely different customers simultaneously. This is conceptually similar to how a single physical server can run multiple virtual machines that each behave like an independent computer, applied instead to network connectivity.
Is network slicing actually commercially available, or still experimental?
It has moved from pilot to early commercial deployment. Major carriers including T-Mobile, Verizon, Reliance Jio, and Singtel have launched commercial slicing-based offers for specific use cases, and telecom operators are described as the primary enablers of slicing technology, expected to hold roughly 62 percent of the market in 2026. That said, the industry consistently describes network slicing as being in the early stages of commercialization, meaning successful pilots are still being converted into broader, more scalable commercial offerings rather than slicing having become a fully mature, universally available product.
What’s a real-world example of network slicing in use?
Singtel partnered with Tencent Games to launch a dedicated low-latency network slice for cloud gaming in Singapore, described as the first nationwide gaming-specific network slice in the world, letting users play without downloading games or needing high-end hardware. Verizon Business launched a dedicated fixed wireless access slice for enterprise customers with guaranteed performance, extending slicing beyond mobile use cases into business broadband. Nokia and the UAE operator du were reportedly first in the industry to deploy autonomous network slicing, which automates the creation and management of slices rather than requiring extensive manual configuration.
Why does network slicing require 5G Standalone (SA)?
True dynamic, end-to-end network slicing depends on a 5G core built independently of 4G, known as 5G Standalone or SA architecture, since SA provides the flexibility and granular control needed to create, manage, and guarantee performance across multiple isolated virtual networks simultaneously. Non-standalone 5G, which still relies on a 4G core for certain control functions, can support some slicing-like capabilities but generally not with the same flexibility, automation, or end-to-end performance guarantees that SA enables. This is one of the main reasons operators have prioritized SA core upgrades specifically as a foundation for unlocking more advanced monetization opportunities like network slicing.
How big is the network slicing market expected to get?
Forecasts vary considerably depending on the specific market research firm, but most analyses put network slicing’s growth rate above 40 percent annually through the late 2020s, driven primarily by telecom operators monetizing differentiated connectivity for industries like healthcare, automotive, gaming, and manufacturing. Asia Pacific is generally described as leading global adoption given its large population base and diverse industrial use cases, while North America is often projected as the fastest-growing region given strong infrastructure investment. These projections should be treated with appropriate caution though, since the underlying market remains in an early commercialization phase.
Who actually manages and creates network slices in practice?
In practice, network slices are created and managed through orchestration software that translates a specific business requirement, such as guaranteed low latency for a particular customer’s application, into the actual technical configuration needed to deliver it across the relevant network infrastructure. This orchestration layer handles tasks like allocating the right combination of radio, transport, and core network resources to a given slice, monitoring whether it’s actually delivering its promised performance, and adjusting resource allocation dynamically as conditions change. More advanced, automated approaches, sometimes called autonomous network slicing, aim to handle much of this process automatically rather than requiring extensive manual configuration by network engineers each time.
What technical challenges have slowed broader network slicing adoption?
Several technical challenges have slowed broader adoption beyond the foundational requirement of upgrading to 5G Standalone infrastructure. Ensuring consistent performance guarantees across a slice that may span multiple different network domains, from radio access through transport and core, requires sophisticated end-to-end orchestration and assurance capabilities that have taken time to mature. Interoperability across different vendors’ equipment adds further complexity for operators running multi-vendor networks. There’s also a more fundamental business challenge: defining a manageable, scalable set of standard slice types that cover most customer needs, rather than requiring a fully custom-built slice for every individual customer, which would be operationally impractical at scale.
How is network slicing different from older approaches like VPNs or dedicated lines?
Older approaches like traditional VPNs or dedicated leased lines could provide a degree of network differentiation and security for specific customers, but they generally required separate, often physically distinct infrastructure or fixed, manually provisioned configurations that were slow and expensive to set up and change. Network slicing achieves a broadly similar goal, providing differentiated, somewhat isolated connectivity for a specific customer, but does so dynamically and through software, on top of shared underlying 5G infrastructure, without requiring separate physical infrastructure for each customer. This makes slicing considerably faster and cheaper to provision than traditional dedicated infrastructure approaches, while still providing meaningful performance guarantees and isolation.
