Spirent Report: 5G Race Accelerates, Driving Service Providers Into The 5G Core Fast Lane
09 September 2021 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
5G Standalone Core dominates key service
provider activity
Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), the leading provider of
test, assurance, and analytics solutions for next-generation
devices and networks, today released a mid-year addendum to its
annual 5G Report, based on analysis and takeaways from more than
1,400 global 5G engagements, including 400+ new engagements during
the first half of 2021. Milestones at the 2021 halfway mark show
that 5G trends are continuing to accelerate, with 5G SA Core
evaluation, testing and launch activities growing significantly
across all geographic regions. In particular, there is considerable
demand for managed solutions and XaaS (Anything as a Service)
offerings, with automation technology providing a proven, practical
approach to cumbersome testing in complex, multi-vendor
environments. The report addendum is available here.
“At the halfway point in 2021, the dominant 5G trends that were
present at the start of the year continue to gather pace, with the
need for agility and responsiveness enduring,” said Spirent’s Head
of Market Strategy, Steve Douglas. “With end-user adoption
increasing at a blistering pace, service providers in all major
regions are focused on accelerating time to market, improving
coverage and optimizing costs. It’s clear that the global 5G race
is back on.
“With adoption of 5G accelerating across both commercial and
government segments, and in all global regions, state-of-the-art
test automation is proving to be a key enabler, along with adoption
of CI/CD methodologies.”
The mid-year addendum to the Spirent 5G report draws on the
company’s work with service providers, network equipment
manufacturers, governments, and device makers worldwide. It
provides an update to the developments along the journey to global
5G. Key finding from the addendum include:
- Geographic Trends - All major regions (North America,
Europe and Asia) are aggressively pursuing 5G Standalone (SA) Core
testing and deployments. North America is driving the demand for
customer experience and service assurance solutions. Asia Pacific
continues its focus on and investment in transport infrastructure,
toward the goal of supporting industrial use cases. Europe is
starting to accelerate activities after COVID and high-risk vendor
delays.
- 5G Standalone - New services and differentiation are
driving 5G Standalone. 5G SA Core evaluation, testing and launch
continue to grow significantly across all geographic regions. Large
service providers are looking to use multiple vendors while smaller
telcos look for one key partner. Key challenges include supporting
high release volumes and managing multi-vendor performance.
- 5G Telco Edge Cloud - Partnerships, early trials and
deployments between hyperscalers and service providers are
expanding. Providers are still working to benchmark edge
performance and integrate assurance for consistent, deterministic
latency. Latency looks set to become a key battle ground for the
hearts and minds of industry and enterprises.
- Open RAN - There are currently 45 ongoing Open RAN
trials and early deployments across 27 countries (source:
TeckNexus). Leading 5G service providers are targeting larger scale
Open RAN non-dense urban rollouts during 2022. Early deployments
will focus on rural, indoor and private coverage. Interoperability,
performance, robustness and system integrator overheads require
that service providers continue to test and validate every
deployment phase.
- 6G Vision - The industry is beginning to coalesce around
some key themes, including THz frequencies, use of intelligent
reconfigurable surfaces and metamaterials, open networking and
network of networks (terrestrial cellular, NTN, subsea, and Wi-Fi
convergence).
Spirent’s “5G 2021: Market Drivers, Insights &
Consideration” addendum is available for download at
http://www.spirent.com/assets/the-spirent-2021-5g-report, along
with the initial 2021 report published February.
About Spirent
Spirent Communications plc. (LSE: SPT) is the leading global
provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks,
cybersecurity, and positioning. The company provides innovative
products, services and managed solutions that address the test,
assurance and automation challenges of a new generation of
technologies, including 5G, SD-WAN, cloud, autonomous vehicles and
beyond. From the lab to the real world, Spirent helps companies
deliver on their promise to their customers of a new generation of
connected devices and technologies. For more information, please
visit www.spirent.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and
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