5G
Andrea Dona
Head of Vodafone UK Networks
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Future | Path of Network Evolution
Source: McKinsey & Company; Machina; MGI
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Future | Path of Network Evolution
Source: McKinsey & Company; Machina; MGI
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Vodafone Network Strategy - Balancing Cost & Growth
Consolidation Digital OperationsProgramable
Networks
Global Service
Platforms
• Evolving industry structure
towards greater
standardisation and site
sharing
• Zero touch network
operations & deployment.
• Predictive &
automated solutions
• Virtualised and software
driven networks.
• Enables programmability
and orchestration of
resources
• Enabling global platforms
to launch market leading
services
• Network sharing
• TowerCo
• Separation
• RPA
• Zero touch NOC
• Analytics
• NFV
• SDN
• SON
• IoT
• DXL
• AEP
+ Lower network TCO
+ Increased fixed revenue
+ Reduced cost per FTE
+ Improved service
quality
+ Improved TTM
+ Role in ecosystem to
reduce cost
+ Potential revenue growth
+ Entry into new markets
+ Creating new business
models to drive revenue
growth
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API’s, exposable services & assets (NAAS)
Cross-domain orchestration
Access management &
control
Service edge
management & controlPolicy control Cloud management
Virtual Networking SDN Controller
VNF1 VNF2 VNF3 VNF3 Open Stack
Access Core Data Centre
Services
Orchestration
Service
Management
Virtual Network
Physical Infra
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VF UK | Programmable Networks Architecture
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Data Traffic Growth
1% growth per week
New services More devices Digitalisation
4k
New tariffs &propositions Developing use cases Always connected
5G | Key market trends driving the need for 5G
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Future | Path of Network Evolution
Source: McKinsey & Company; Machina; MGI
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5G | Speed and Latency Enable New Applications
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Industry and
manufacturing
Digital divide
Automotive and
mobility
Education, learning,
entertainment
Health and
wellbeing
Security and
surveillance
Energy,
smart grid,
smart city
use cases
Remote surgery
Connected ambulance
…
Disaster recovery
Services for public security and emergency
…
use cases
Smart City and smart campus
Smart Energy
…
use cases
Cooperative urban cross traffic
Assisted driving - platooning
…
use cases
use cases
use cases
use case
Collaborative robotics for Industry 4.0
Assisted maintenance with AR and drones
Last mile logistics wt autonomous vehicles…
Education 4.0 with Augmented Reality
Remote events with Virtual Reality
…
Fixed Wireless Access - FWA
Remote patient monitoring
5G | A Use Cases Driven Technology
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5G Local & Global Awareness
Enable Start-ups Cooperation
New Vodafone products and services
% of overall 5G News associated to Vodafone
Create demos, pilots and services launches
Work with the SMEs to enhance our digital experience
Overall purpose of Vodafone Innovation Hub
Partnering up with the start-up ecosystem will provide us with a
time-to-market advantage and to help boost our 5G development.
The Lowry
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Trial Site Live Trial to Media CityVodafone Innovation Hub
5G | Making our innovation accessible
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Glasgow
Manchester
Liverpool
Birmingham
Cardiff
Bristol London
First live 3.4GHz test (and most
comprehensive 5G trials planned)
First to install Massive MIMO in Europe
Largest share of 3.4GHz 5G spectrum
in the last Auction
UK’s first holographic call using 5G
1,000 5G sites live by 2020 across
19 cities and urban areas
5G | Vodafone UK is 5G ReadyWe will be launching
5G in 12 more cities:
• Birkenhead
• Blackpool
• Bournemouth
• Guildford
• Portsmouth
• Plymouth
• Reading
• Southampton
• Stoke-on-Trent
• Warrington
• Wolverhampton
• Newbury
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Thank you!
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