\tLIVE FROM HUAWEI GLOBAL MBB FORUM 2019, ZURICH: Executives stressed the need for operators to partner with other industries to develop new use cases, arguing such collaborations will be a key catalyst for 5G.<\/p>\n
During Huawei’s Wireless Intelligence Summit, Boston Consulting Group senior partner Ruediger Schicht (pictured) noted operators face a chicken-and-egg scenario in terms of 5G development, explaining use cases cannot be developed for “a network that doesn’t exist”, and vice-versa.<\/p>\n
He said strategic partnerships can help operators break this cycle and develop new revenue-generating ecosystems.<\/p>\n
David Mulholland, executive director at investment bank UBS, agreed partnerships will drive 5G. He cited a recent attempt by a number of German industrial companies to acquire spectrum as evidence that there is already a need for collaboration.<\/p>\n
Operators \u201cneed partnerships to make sure we have the spectrum and applications available so industries that do want to embrace the change, that do want to move, have a telco industry that\u2019s ready to move with them and is making that investment\u201d.<\/p>\n
Use cases
\nIn terms of where operators should focus on 5G initiatives, Huawei wireless solutions CMO Ritchie Peng said the company focused on eight commercial use cases: fixed wireless access (FWA); AR\/VR; gaming; cloud broadcasting; smart factory; smart mining; cloud surveillance; and smart ports.<\/p>\n
FWA topped the list as a short-term use case which will quickly generate a return on investment.<\/p>\n
Pablo Iacopino, director of ecosystem research at GSMA Intelligence, also tipped enterprise applications as a major incremental opportunity, noting they currently account for only 20 per cent of operator revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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