\tLIVE FROM MWC19 SHANGHAI: ZTE president Xu Ziyang is confident 5G has the potential to simplify network operations and make it easier for operators to respond to customer demands.<\/p>\n
As network architecture has become increasingly complicated, there has been a strong push to make operations more efficient, he said.<\/p>\n
“Labour costs have gone up, and operators are now more sensitive to opex rather than capex.”<\/p>\n
Xu insisted that by simplifying networks and making them more open, operators will be able to lower costs, which will put them in a better position to adopt to new business models.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe dream one day networks can run automatically without human intervention. The most important thing is to make the network easier to use.”<\/p>\n
He said that over the last decade, operators\u2019 bottom-line has been squeezed, with network investment rising three- to four-times.<\/p>\n
He hailed the global cooperation among the many partners which has created a mature 5G ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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