The impact of 5G and cloud on telco capex and opex
TM Forum
JUNE 13, 2022
Investment in 5G-specific antenna hardware such as massive MIMO has seen a spike in RAN equipment spending in recent years. CSPs are having success with software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) for enterprise service. The ongoing support of this equipment is an additional cost, as 5G is essentially an LTE overlay for many MNOs.
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