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Network slicing represents lucrative new market for WSPs: report


LONDON, UK - Network slicing, a promising new vehicle that will become a fundamental 5G technology, represents a potential US$66B opportunity for wireless service providers (WSPs), says a new report from market research firm ABI Research.Network Slicing: Commercial Analysis and Enabling Technologies says that at a broad industry level, significant work is taking place to institute best practices around multiple standards and technologies that may need harmonization to enable end to end slice implementations.  It adds that the next five years will be pivotal for commercial deployment of network slicing solutions as telcos are now more familiar with opportunities this...