Telcos Push On With Network Slicing (Hype)
telecoms.com, Wednesday, September 27,2023
Network slicing was the focus of attention for a couple of big telcos this week, with KDDI and Samsung announcing a new alliance and T-Mobile US extending its 5G beta programme.
The pace with which we are seeing 5G network slicing announcements indicates that the technology is moving ever-closer to becoming a commercial reality, but it's also worth noting that, as these latest offerings show, progress is steady at best. There's no network slicing big bang here.
KDDI and Samsung revealed that they have inked an MoU to form a 5G Global Network Slicing Alliance, which sounds like a big deal.but actually, there's not much to go on at this stage.
The remit of the alliance - which arguably would be more accurately dubbed a partnership, unless the pair plan to add other players in future and have simply failed to mention that - is to work to introduce a range of commercial 5G network slicing services and to examine new business models the technology could facilitate.