The world’s largest and most influential connectivity event opened its doors at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona. MWC22 Barcelona will build on the success of last year, reflecting on a new era of connectivity and collaboration across the mobile industry.
You walk into your office and look at your network PoR (Plan of Record) for the week. There are 40 software updates in your core network alone. Each of these must be installed and tested, then rolled into production- ensuring not a single dropped call as a result. Shudder to think what happens if the element goes down altogether! There are two net new network functions that need to be brought into operation – for which marketing has already created a campaign (that goes out this week of course!) with features that depend on these functions. Oh, and this happens to be the week that operator benchmarking is occurring in your region and you’ve been trying to chase down a recurring- but apparently mysterious- issue that is affecting jitter in video calls. Sound familiar!?
Operators have long been looking for ways to improve user experience and enhance utilization of expensive yet limited spectrum. More than ever, 5G poses big challenges to operators in delivering quality network and optimal user experiences, as it is more complex than previous generation technologies with more spectrum bands to leverage and more services to support. As a key infrastructure of the digital society, 5G network not only serves individual users, but also supports digital transformation across industries. Whereas, the evolution of radio resource management has been far behind that of radio access technologies due to much simpler service offering by previous technologies. Consequently, the increasingly diversified demands further deepened the contradiction between “one-fits-all” network policy and differentiated user experience requirements. It is therefore of great importance for operators to deliver user-centric experiences for industry applications and consumers within limited network resources.
By Doug Suttles, CEO of Ookla
By Dmitry Okorokov, CEO, Infinet Wireless
Atrebo is a European technology company with more than ten years of experience in the telecommunications infrastructure management sector. It has offices in Seville, Madrid, Oslo, São Paulo and soon, also in Asia.
By An Jian, President of Carrier Network Business Group, Huawei Middle East
A leading media and events player in the ICT industry, Telecom Review Group has proven to have a crucial role in today’s digital scene. Seventeen years ago, the first Telecom Review edition was published. Today, Telecom Review leading media platforms are covering 80% of the ICT global readership in English, French and Arabic, under the umbrella of Trace Media, with the Middle East and Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, Arabia and North America editions.
By Ari Banerjee, SVP Strategy, Netcracker Technology
