#MWC19: Nokia 5G Maturity Index reveals best practices as operators make critical 5G network and service investment decisions...
February 21 2019 - 3:01AM
Press Release
- Industry's first 5G Maturity Index guides operators on how to
align technology investments with business objectives to succeed
with 5G-enabled services
- Nokia 5G Future X portfolio additions unveiled in advance of
Mobile World Congress support operator priorities to enhance
customer experience, reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and
develop new 5G enabled revenue streams
21 February 2019
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced the results of
the Nokia 5G Maturity Index, produced in partnership with Analysys
Mason, which provides operators with best practices for
planning and deploying 5G services. The industry's first benchmark
of 5G operator maturity revealed that two-thirds of operators
expect 5G to create new revenue streams, while more than 70% of
operators are focused on 5G to help improve existing consumer
services. The research also found that those operators most
advanced in 5G transformation are focused on six to eight use
cases.
Key findings of the Nokia 5G Maturity Index:
- The most popular 5G use cases identified by operators include:
multi-gigabit mobile connectivity, connected cars and autonomous
vehicles, tactile internet experiences such as augmented and
virtual reality, critical healthcare monitoring, smart city apps
like lighting, and smart home services
- Most operators plan a limited commercial launch of 5G services
by 2019-20
- Operators planning early 5G commercial launches are the
furthest ahead with network virtualization and cloud-based
deployments.
- Operators rated as the most advanced in 5G closely align their
technology and business development and link digital transformation
with 5G.
"It is clear from the first Nokia 5G Maturity Index that
operators have plenty of ambition for 5G. Many also understand that
its impact will be far stronger if it is deployed hand-in-hand with
platform transformation, in order to support a wide array of new
revenue streams," said Caroline Gabriel, Principal Analyst from
Analysys Mason.
"However, most acknowledge they are uncertain about the actions
they must take to achieve their goals. We believe Nokia 5G Maturity
Index will be a valuable support as they make these critical
decisions, allowing them, for the first time, to plot their own 5G
progress against an objectively assessed index, and learn from the
best practice of others."
To take advantage of the promise of this next generation of
network technology, Nokia continues to build out its 5G Future X
portfolio and today has announced enhancements to its packet core
and radio access network solutions. Nokia's end-to-end portfolio
helps operators meet their immediate priorities of enhancing the
customer experience and reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), as
well as supporting their strategic objective of developing new
5G-based revenue streams.
- Nokia cloud packet core (CPC) is augmenting its Cloud
Mobility Manager (CMM) and Cloud Mobile Gateway (CMG) products with
new 3GPP Release 15 5G Core standalone networks functions and also
enhancing the previously announced non-standalone core
capabilities. With its cloud-native architecture and these
augmented capabilities, the CPC solution provides operators a
seamless upgrade path, combined with the deployment flexibility to
support both virtual and physical high-performance network
functions, to deliver services across multi-technology wireless
(2/3/4/5G, unlicensed, shared) and fixed access deployments. Read
more
- The new Nokia AirScale all-in-cloud base station for
both 4G and 5G virtualizes real-time functions in the cloud. This
enables real-time processing to be hosted at the network edge,
close to the radio site to meet extremely low latency demands, with
capacity where it is needed. The new architecture enables operators
to launch and monetize the lowest latency applications/services
with ultra-low latency. With AirScale Cloud RAN's built-in
flexibility operators can locate functions depending on their needs
in a given area - depending on desired application needs and
latency targets. Read more
- The Nokia AirScale future-proof site solution provides
multiple features for simpler, faster and lower-cost rollout of 5G
in smart cities using a common Future X architecture for
deployments of all mobile technologies and spectrum bands.
Capabilities such as the world's first liquid-cooled 5G base
station, including liquid-cooled 5G massive MIMO adaptive antenna,
eliminate the need for expensive cooling systems, reducing site
space, lowering energy consumption and cutting carbon emissions by
up to 80%. Read more
Sanjay Goel, President, Global Services at Nokia said:
"We essentially asked 50 operators: 'How ready is your network and
business for 5G?' Their answers provide valuable insights into the
best practices for operators as they design, deploy and operate 5G
networks and services. We are already working with all the major
operators in the lead 5G markets of North America, Korea and Japan
and have the industry's only end-to-end portfolio that is available
globally. The 5G Maturity Index offers important data that we can
share with our customers as we continue to work with them to
achieve their 5G goals."
Nokia is a global leader in 5G with the industry's only
end-to-end portfolio that is available globally. With near to 100
engagements, our 5G solutions, software and services allow our
customers to take advantage of the promise of this next generation
of network technology. Learn more about Nokia 5G.
To learn more about Nokia's product and services portfolio,
visit the Nokia Experience Center inHall 3, stand 3A10 at Mobile
World Congress, Fira Gran Via, in Barcelona, Spain from 25 to
28February 2018. https://www.nokia.com/mwc.
Join the #MWC19 discussion and get real-time updates via Nokia's
social media channels.
Resources
- Download Nokia 5G Maturity Index White Paper
- Watch Nokia 5G Maturity Index Webinar
- Blog: 5G is here already. Capturing the promise with Nokia
Read
more about Nokia solutions:
- Nokia 5G Acceleration Services
- Nokia 5G
- Nokia AirScale
- Nokia AirScale Cloud RAN
- Nokia Cloud Packet Core
- Telco Cloud
- Nokia Edge Cloud
- Nokia Cloud Mobile Gateway
- Nokia Cloud Mobility Manager
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Notes
1 Analysys Mason and Nokia conducted a global survey to assess
the 5G maturity of a sample of 50 operators, accounting for 35% of
world mobile subscribers. The research identified 12 business and
technology maturity factors as relevant to the overall success of
5G. The Index ranks operators from least mature 'measured follower'
profile to most mature 'complex use case monetizer'.
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