Re: private 5G networks?

[Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>]

On 12/6/21 15:10, Jean St-Laurent wrote:

> Probably not. There seem to be a new portfolio starting.
>
> Your telco could probably have a special product for business/enterprises which need private 5G without all the 
> learning of technical stuff.

If Amazon went from selling books to being the biggest cloud provider, 
they are certainly showing that with enough software developers, white 
boxes, and a bit of network, you can virtualize an EPC that makes the 
telco close to irrelevant, in a few years.

More pressure on Nokia, Huawei, Ericsson, and friends.


> Telco have strong expertise and reliable systems IMO, just not moving very fast to new products.

Hehe - and yet the cloud boys and girls are the largest submarine cable 
builders and operators, nowadays.

Funny that, eh...

Mark.