5th Generation Networks usher in a raft of new Business Models
2020 saw major fifth generation network buildouts: AT&T launched a small footprint, low-band network; all three major US operators now offer low-band and high-band (mmWave) spectrum solutions;, and Apple launched its first ever 5G phone, the iPhone 12.
There’s a reason why 130 communications service providers launched commercial 5G services last year, despite a global economic slowdown: the sheer breadth of profitable commercial services that they know are about to bust loose out of it. The pace is growing – in total, according to independent analyst Alan Hadden, more than 400 operators are already exploring new 5G investments. As a result, we can expect to see a massive growth in 5G wholesale traffic – but there’s more to it than that.
The rapidly accelerating 5G market will bring new opportunities and disruptive forces that will affect the wholesale industry. Wholesale may be a well-established industry and you may have a great niche – but things are about to change, creating a wide range of new use cases, partnerships and opportunities, that go beyond classical wholesale models.
Horizontal AND vertical opportunities
Some of these new opportunities are obvious or to be expected—we always knew there would be a strong Internet of Things play for 5G, for example. But a lot aren’t. New private network islands, network slicing and national wholesale fibre networks promise to disrupt the market:
- Wholesale exchange of 5G national 5G traffic
- 5G roaming cases
- New national fibre networks
- 5G network slicing
- Non-public 5G networks
- New MVNO plays
You need to understand these trends, so you can consider how your business should evolve.
Dealing with rapid, permanent change
To maximise business value here, operators need to quickly gear up for new ways of working with technology, partners, and even completely new entrants to the telco market. 5G really does change everything. It really is that simple.
Pushing open the 5G wholesale door
5G wholesale will be an immense opportunity. And it’s one you don’t want to be left out of. The good news is that Enghouse Networks can help you mobilise for 5G wholesale, and across a number of important metrics. It’s essential to understand the new opportunity landscape, so why not get up to speed with our new insight report?
What’s slicing all about?
Slicing is just one of the topics we cover. Essentially, a network slice is a dedicated, logical network that’s built on a common physical infrastructure. It can be dedicated to a single user – an operator, or an organisation, for example – or it can cover a specific location. Traffic from this slice can offer a new source of wholesale revenue, as it may need to be routed to a peered slice or exchange with other networks.
This is totally new. Many expect that new MVNOs will be enabled across specific slices, setting up another source of new wholesale traffic. So, how do you prepare for this?
Learn from your peers with insights from a leading MVNO
A use case from a fast-growing MVNO is also included that shows how easy it is to provide customers with unique products and services that meet and exceed their needs. It shows how one MVNO took control and shaped its portfolio of high-quality mobile voice and data services that are competitively priced, built with better margins – and with the opportunity to shape how your customers experience them.
Learn More
In our new “5G wholesale Insight Report”, we will explore the opportunity landscape, the evolution of wholesale and key opportunities for you to consider as part of your evolution plans. Our research highlights key trends and provides a handy guide, so you can prepare for the next generation of wholesale. And, we show you how you can confidently adapt to embrace these shifts, backed by a complete range of support services and software solutions that can support any wholesale model you want to explore—which means as you address new opportunities, you can easily add differentiation and spin-up new wholesale offers to support even more new use cases.
