The continued evolution of 5G is very much an exercise in rapidly increasing network and service complexity. On the network side, the shift to cloud architecture, cloud-native core, edge clouds and RAN virtualization make emerging networks look quite distinct as compared to their predecessors. On the services side, the money will come from enterprises and enterprises need customized solutions with unique performance characteristics, and they’d likely prefer to consume those services in an on-demand, IT-type model. So what should operators do in this operational environment? “There are three key words and they are automation, automation, automation,” according to Oracle’s Anil Rao.
