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01 MWC Barcelona 2023 Daily
02 Preview
03 GSMA Ltd boss backs MWC Barcelona 2023 to buck economic headwinds
04 Start-ups bring a human touch to 4YFN
05 Analyst Q&A
06 Six places to enjoy Barcelona's most creative ‘tapes’ cuisine
07 Full speed ahead to MWC23
08 Analysis: MWC23 – If I had to prioritise five sessions
09 ANALYSIS: 2023’s big questions
10 Honouring those shaping the industry at the GLOMOs
11 Day One
12 Nokia overhauls brand and strategy as focus shifts
13 Xiaomi launches global challenge with latest flagship
14 MEF survey finds trust still lacking in digital services
15 HMD Global rolls out repairability for latest Nokia device
16 Accenture takes fight to fraud
17 Intel wants AI to power operator flexibility
18 BT argues for unified metaverse strategy
19 Vodafone picks Samsung for open RAN deployments
20 Telenor beefs-up slicing capability as demand rises
21 Samsung looks beyond technology in 6G research
22 Rakuten Symphony battles open RAN misconceptions
23 Qualcomm talks-up green credentials
24 Red Hat expands vendor ecosystem for 5G, vRAN
25 Industry throws weight behind GSMA API initiative
26 Day Two
27 Orange CEO hits out at contradictory European landscape
28 EU’s Breton keeping open mind on ‘fair share’ debate
29 GSMA chief heralds era of exploration
30 Telefonica boss insists there is no future without telcos
31 Honor makes magic as flagships go global
32 Ericsson CEO urges mobile industry to regain leadership
33 Deutsche Telekom boss laments decline of Europe
34 Start-up leaders buoyant on impactful tech
35 Smartphones ready to take comms into orbit
36 Operators edge towards monetisation
37 Indosat plans capex cut after 3G shutdown
38 Ericsson promotes Digital Twins for telcos
39 Mavenir calls for heightened network security
40 Nokia readies 4G on the moon launch
41 Connectivity en route to becoming a human right
42 Spirent keeps pace with 5G core, MEC and vRAN testing
43 Verizon to boost vRAN performance with new Intel chip
44 Operators make net gains in renewable drive
45 GSMA Intelligence bullish on second wave of 5G
46 Day Three
47 Netflix chief hits back in ‘fair share’ row
48 Lockheed Martin boss issues AI guidelines
49 Nokia, Verizon make case for culture-based collaboration
50 Telstra CEO counsels telcos to embrace losing control
51 Vodafone boss pushes for operator energy investment
52 TIM CEO latest to push for changes in Europe
53 Information shapes society, says China Mobile Chairman
54 FCC Chair explores space regulation
55 Experts question digital progress in health industry
56 GTI panellists warn operators to embrace enterprise
57 Semiconductors will be the new oil, claims Qualcomm
58 Nokia calls on creatives to unlock the metaverse
59 Q&A - Adapting to Network Demands on the Edge
60 Vendors hit the throttle on immersive experiences
61 Intel hypes
62 Q&A - Who Let The Cryptos Out
63 GSMA spectrum head insists 5G requires space to grow
64 Verizon targets the right kind of partners
65 Operators advised to prep for a quantum future now
66 Converged 5G key to solve connectivity challenges

Adapting to Network Demands on the Edge

MWC Stage A, Hall 6 Wednesday 1 March 2.45pm

Fabio Cerone

Managing Director EMEA, Telecom Industry

AWS

Question:

What are the main applications being supported by edge cloud services currently?

Answer:

5G provides new capabilities in terms of bandwidth, latency, transport characteristics and security that make new use cases possible that business customers could not realise in the past. Those use cases need a combination of connectivity and computing capabilities that also include AIML and the handling of vast amounts of data. We have already seen a great number of successful use cases resulting from this innovation journey of CSPs.

Current use cases span all industries and range from computer vision for safety, crowd control and quality inspection to digital agriculture solutions utilising sensors and robotics. We see digital twins in areas such as drone powered search and rescue in the emergency services, sports applications in stadiums and augmented audio in concert halls. The range is only limited by the imagination of developers who move really fast to explore these new capabilities.

Question:

Looking forward, what applications do you see being supported in the next five-to-ten years?

Answer:

Adoption of 5G use cases is still at an early stage and the technology is one tool in the portfolio of connectivity options that CSPs can provide their customers to enable cloud capabilities at the edge for new use cases. The challenge is to predict both the use cases that succeed as well as the commercial models required to effectively support them.

Experimentation is key. There is no compression algorithm for experience and speed is disproportionally important. AWS works with a number of operators to identify new opportunities in their innovation hubs together with end customers. We also bring our powerful large partner community of vendors and ISVs with over 100,000 partners from more than 150 countries to the table to accelerate this process.

Question:

Why is it important for operators to have a strategy in place to support edge services, and what are the major challenges they face?

Answer:

To fully monetise 5G investments, telecom operators and CSPs have to change their business model to become partner centric instead of managing vendor-buyer relationships. Enabling a vibrant collaboration with developers to provide end customers in the B2B space with use cases that meet their needs, operators must create an ecosystem that brings together their connectivity offers, cloud capabilities and the experience and know how to build applications and services on top that can be consumed easily and cost efficiently.