Through its partnership with VMware, Vodafone modernizes its network infrastructure with automation built-in, setting them up for long-term success as they roll out 5G services to even more markets in the coming years.

Over the last few years, E-bands have become an essential part of 5G wireless backhaul support. The success of E-bands could be credited to their speed, flexibility, and spectrum availability, which allows for multi-gigabit connections where fiber is not available. Being now open for deployment in a vast majority of countries, E-band is enabling 5G network roll-out all around the world.

Erik Ekudden, CTO, Ericsson, says: “A commitment towards technology leadership and network quality is key to unlock CSP 5G revenue growth by enhancing the core consumer business while at the same time exploring new business opportunities. Not surprisingly, 5G Pacesetters seek new ways of challenging industry conventions to make 5G connectivity more relevant to people, business, and society.”

Mobily and Ericsson are teaming up to accelerate 5G technology research in region. Mobily’s attempts to develop novel consumer-centric 5G applications and services are aided by the initiative, which connects Mobily to a wide spectrum of companies that deliver AR and AI solutions. New use cases in embedded experience, AR and AI games, etc are supported to 5G’s reduced latency.

5G IoT devices will generate massive volumes of data that can be stolen, destroyed, or manipulated. Virtual networks customized for specific sectors and organizations will encourage new targeted threats against them. New software and hardware supply chains will most likely lead to the introduction of untrustworthy components in the 5G ecosystem.