5G
“ IN THE END , THE TELECOM INDUSTRY WAS ESSENTIALLY FORCED TO REMAIN IN A SMALL CORNER OF THE VALUE CHAIN ”
FRANCESCO VENTURINI ACCENTURE
developed as far as they have without the speed 4G offers .”
Interestingly , while Newman frames it as more of a logical evolution , and Venturini as a fight for survival , both of them agree that the 5G rollout is pushing telecom operators in the same direction . Newman
$ 110.1bn OTT Market ( 2018 )
$ 438.5bn OTT Market ( 2026 )
19.1 % CAGR ( 2018-2026 )
Top OTT Leaders
Facebook , Hulu , Netflix , Apple , AWS , Google
explains that the defining shift in the market we ’ re about to see is “ CSPs endeavouring to expand more and more into the B2B services market , building out enterprise grade connectivity and working with partners to create end-to-end solutions for specific vertical markets such as manufacturing , healthcare , connected vehicles and smart cities .”
However , whereas Newman describes something of an inexorable march towards telecoms ’ greater role in everything from remote medicine to smart manufacturing , Venturini maintains that if operators are to leverage “ the stepchange that is 5G ” into a greater piece of the pie , they are going to have to play their cards right . mobile-magazine . com 55