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ARTICLE SAMENA TRENDS

Operators & Industry groups Operators & Industry groups across investment which will keep on growing
SAMENA should continue collaborating
across this decade. Global studies specific
across SAMENA should with the respective country regulators to to how Industrial 5G will contribute to
continue collaborating explore spectrum strategy for the adoption the global economy highlight that in
with the respective country of 5G for enterprises, ex: Germany has 2035 , 5G will enable ~ $5 Trillion global
economic output , of which $3,364B will
earmarked 3.7 – 3.8GHz as the “Dedicated
regulators to explore Enterprise Spectrum” at a very nominal fee. be contributed by Manufacturing , $742B
spectrum strategy for This could be an opportunity for existing Construction, $659B Transport, ,$249B
Operators as well as New MVNO’s to get
Mining, $273B Utilities.
the adoption of 5G for established. Also, 5G with 3GPP Rel-16
enterprises, ex: Germany will support unlicensed spectrum (5G NR- As per The World Economic Forum, 5G will
has earmarked 3.7-3.8 U) enabling standalone operation. Based drive economic growth in the SAMENA
on Regulatory clearances for Unlicensed
region like no previous generation of
GHz as the “Dedicated Band use of 5G has the potential to create mobile technology. The domain choice of
Enterprise Spectrum” at a a disruptive business opportunities as well IoT connectivity for industries will be 5G.
It is a growing recognition that 5G
What we see as the investment trends
very nominal fee. transformations across enterprises will across MEA for the coming few years
remain a significant investment area for all are primarily driven by industry verticals
• 5G will supplement or complement the involved with an estimated 200 bil$ annual of Oil & Gas, Health, education, energy,
Dedicated Local network with an ease
to deploy and manage operationally
• 5G will achieve cellular grade Security
and allow keeping sensitive data local

Thus with 5G, industrial IoT applications
will be able to process massive amounts
of data with a High speed Bandwidth, low
latency , high Reliability and cellular grade
Security.

5G for Enterprise- A Business perspective
5G has several distinctive enablers, which
will not only accelerate new applications
and services adoptions, but also create
an opportunity for Telecom Operators to
transform their role and business models
for enterprises.

With Telecom Operators enabling 5G
deployments with functionalities like
Slicing, URLCC, TSN etc., Operators shall
be able to explore business models of
assigning a portion of their licensed
spectrum in a specific area. Such models
shall essentially achieve a Private Network
for an enterprise. Ex of such scenarios
are for Manufacturing Plants, Factories or
even Mines 5G4E

Also with 5G, the Telecom Operators Making 5G successful 4 Enterprises
enterprise Business units will continue
to see growth opportunities of Fixed
Broadband growth to be complemented
with 5G Fixed Wireless Broadband.
Additionally, 5G with Rel 16 will accelerate
opportunities for replacing the legacy Copyright © 2020, Tech Mahindra. All rights reserved. 1
wireline industrial Ethernet with “Ethernet
over 5G”.

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