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Making self-service Network slice-as-a-Service a commercial reality

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This addresses three key issues for communications service providers (CSPs): Creating new revenue streams and return on 5G investment; improving B2B clients’ experience; and tackling high operational costs. regarding impacts by software-defined network and network functions virtualization on network slice orchestration.

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The impact of 5G and cloud on telco capex and opex

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On average, the percentage of total revenues that B2B services (connectivity and beyond) represent, reached 30% in 2020 for many major operators. A good example of this is in the B2B space. CSPs are having success with software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) for enterprise service. B2B private networks.

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How NaaS deployment is shaping up

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Early examples focus on SD-WAN. Virtually all Tier 1 CSPs with a sizeable enterprise services business (or serious aspirations to build one) have NaaS-supported B2B offerings; they have to in order to compete. TELUS eyes nearly $1 billion in new revenue.

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