Trump Election Seen as Positive for Network Slicing
The reelection of Donald Trump takes the “dark cloud of net neutrality off the table” and will likely mean T-Mobile and other U.S. carriers will move toward 5G network slicing offerings, Joe Madden, lead analyst at Mobile Experts, said Tuesday.…
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T-Mobile is “in position now” while other major U.S. carriers “still need to develop their standalone core networks to full nationwide coverage,” Madden said in a Fierce Wireless opinion essay. Slicing lets providers create multiple virtual networks on top of a shared network. “Network slicing is going to be a significant portion of the private cellular market … and it will be focused on business areas where the operators have advantages,” Madden said: “Broadcast television is one of the early winners, with guaranteed uplink bandwidth anywhere, anytime. Retail (including big chains with thousands of stores) and pop-up events will be a big use case, as well as drones delivering packages.” The stance of last year’s net neutrality order on slicing was a key issue ahead of approval (see 2405080044).