Exciting Insights from the India Mobile Congress 2023 : Network Slicing, ARPU Uplift, and More!

🚀 The Power of Network Slicing: The discussions with Amit Sharma highlighted the significance of network slicing in the 5G landscape. Notably, Singtel and Ericsson celebrated their first commercial success in this arena in late 2022

🤝 Transactional Partnerships Challenge: While commercial success is evident, there's a challenge. Many ecosystem players seem focused on transactional partnerships, potentially limiting the benefits for end-users. Collaboration is key as Bhaskar Dhall pointed out

💰 ARPU Uplift: Anticipate an uplift in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) as telcos explore premium 5G services. Think personal or enterprise-level services. This is truly promising avenue post-network slicing Ludvig Landgren

🏢 Success in B2B Solutions: Among the B2B solutions discussed with Airtel Private 5G solutions head, Private 5G is leading the way in terms of commercial success. Other solutions are still in pre-commercial and proof-of-concept stages (while still educating enterprise users of 4G v 5G as shared by Ajay Gupta and Pankaj Malhotra)

🌟 Standalone 5G's Cost Advantages: Standalone 5G is poised to provide cost advantages to telcos over the long term, with the APAC markets leading the way

Finally, let's take a sneak peek into the next 5 years of 5G:

📊 Global Projections: Expect a significant expansion in 5G coverage, subscribers, and its share of mobile data traffic. Mobile data usage per GB per month to grow multifold

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On a side note, mining + I4.0 appears superb beyond POCs as well : Aatmunn emphasized the commercial use of 5G in mining, from connecting miners with smart helmets to airtel highlighting the use of VR + AGVs.