5G Asia in Singapore took place over a week ago and the clear message from meetings and various presentations was: The most important technology in the 5G ecosystem is SDN and NFV to take full advantage of the features 5G will enable.
YTL’s (Malaysian MNO) CEO Wing Lee was very clear on this point during a panel session at the event, saying that network virtualisation is the foundation technology for everything that 5G is purported to deliver. He said. 5G is a virtualised technology – it’s crucial to see that software innovation will continue and that we have to worry less about the hardware dependancy”
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