Legacy RDBMS will have an extremely limited role here, but what capabilities does the underlying database technology need? What are the non-negotiable requirements that will drive choices? Regardless of how this is done, it’s still ‘bleeding edge’ and hard to do. To meet these requirements back end systems need to be either Active-Active or Active-Active-Active and above. In addition, edge computing uses geographical proximity to get ultra-low latency, but there is still a need for centralized management and control, which implies that data management will be both complex and distributed. In larger geos – such as the US – this means that data will be getting changed in a latency window far too short to inform or check with a remote data center, which implies significant additional complexity 5G does not make things any simpler, as it heralds a massive expansion in traffic volume of traffic, with 1 ms latency expectations in certain scenarios. This means that moving to public cloud creates an implicit requirement for Active-Active systems, as the data lives in and is also changed in two or more geographic locations at the same time. Telco operators are expected to provide ‘five nines’ uptime, but hyperscalers generally don’t promise more than ‘four nines’, and even that commitment tends to be heavily hedged. Gartner, Top Technology Trends for CSPs in 2022: Edge Redefines CSP’s Role in 5G Platforms, , Sylvain Fabre, Mohini Dukes, Peter Liu, Ted Chamberlin and internationally and is used herein with permission. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. How CSPs’ changing role in the edge value chain is affecting the charter of most CSP CIOs.How CSP edge technologies are reshaping the boundaries between telecommunications and public cloud service providers.The five key ways CSPs’ relationship with edge technologies is changing.Read this Gartner® report on how edge is redefining the CSPs role in 5G platforms to learn: They will need to create their own type of edge strategy that incorporates building of new capabilities such as multicloud edge “roaming”.
But to get to that monetization stage, CSPs will need to have a valid market proposition for edge, independent of 5G. This joint report with STL Partners highlights the challenges today’s telcos face in monetizing 5G and the specific steps they can start to take, right now, to best prep their IT architectures for success in the 5G age.Įdge computing will likely be the key for monetizing 5G in public networks.
But to unlock these new growth engines, most companies are going to need to significantly revamp their tech stacks and change the way they approach key telco technologies, such as billing and charging systems. Yes - 5G offers the potential for massive business growth over the next five years via new revenue streams.
Properly orchestrate their systems for 5G.Meet 5G standards and adopt open frameworks.Support low latency, real-time processing.Monitor dynamic services for device volumes at scale.But sadly, most of today’s telco business support systems aren’t ready for a truly 5G future. The real 5G revenue opportunity lies in new enterprise use cases such as network slicing. (Note: This report has been significantly updated to reflect the current state of the industry and includes a new chapter on orchestration.)