5G will change the business model for how services are delivered. Among the benefits of deploying 5G one feature is the ability to carve the network into finer grain slices. This is possible because 5G is more dynamic and flexible in optimizing resources in the network. The economic benefits of 5G are still years from being fully realized. Therefore it is necessary now to evaluate business models that support the monetization of 5G and more specifically network slicing. A 5G ready network architecture must support multiple domains including the access, core, and transport domains. The management of the 5G network must consider the end to end monitoring, provisioning, orchestration of services, and interaction with billing systems. Refer to our research on the outlook for telecommunication sector at https://appledoreresearch.com/report/telecom-2030-market-forces-that-will-reshape-telco-of-the-future/ 5G is better aligned to service-oriented architectures than previous generations. The programmability of the 5G network lends itself to network slicing and the coexistence of different service and application requirements over the same physical infrastructure. Tuning the slice to the service is the key to reaping the benefits of 5G network slicing. CSPs should think about how the slice lifecycle can be designed and managed. One option is to treat the slice […]