Rogers network slicing development a boon for fixed wireless growth: Staffieri

By Ahmad Hathout Rogers president and CEO Tony Staffieri said Thursday that the telecom’s completion of the first Canadian network slicing trial on its standalone 5G network will be an important component of its fixed wireless strategy. Done in conjunction with Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, the trial showed that Rogers will be able to proactively direct and prioritize traffic on multiple lanes over the 5G wireless network. Rogers said the network will be able to determine whether the applications need lower latency, more speed or more capacity – say, for situations where a high-concentration...