5G Core Market Status and Migration Analysis

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Publish Date: 12 Jan 2023
Code: AN-5705
Research Type: Research Report
Pages: 45
5G Core Market Status and Migration Analysis
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Actionable Benefits

Actionable Benefits

  • Understand commercial and technical challenges that are associated with 5G Core (5GC).
  • Identify different strategic directions that a select number of 5GC suppliers are following to build and bring to market their 5GC offerings.
  • Develop a deeper understanding of strategies that Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are following for 5GC deployments.
Critical Questions Answered

Critical Questions Answered

  • What are the key value propositions of 5GC?
  • What are the key value propositions of Evolved Packet Core (EPC)?
  • What are some fundamental commercial and architectural differences between EPC and 5GC?
  • What challenges does the industry face with 5GC adoption?
Research Highlights

Research Highlights

  • Insights on critical architecture requirements that CSPs must consider as 5GC grows in adoption.
  • Overview of the competitive landscape, industry observations, and regional dynamics of 5GC when it comes to stack selection and core network supplier selection.
  • Analysis of supplier ecosystem and size of the market.
  • Analysis of strategies of core network buildouts; namely, building from core to edge, and building from edge to core.
Who Should Read This?

Who Should Read This?

  • Solution architects and key technical decision makers for (re)architecting core networks.
  • Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), Chief Strategy Officers (CSOs), and product strategists for 5GC.
  • CSPS, Network Equipment Vendors (NEVs), and pure-play network software providers for core networks.

Table of Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. RECOMMENDATIONS

3. BUSINESS DRIVERS AND CHALLENGES BEHIND 5GC

3.1. BUSINESS DRIVERS BEHIND 5GC
3.2. CHALLENGES TO DEPLOYING 5GC

4. 5GC ARCHITECTURAL ADVANCEMENTS

4.1. EPC VERSUS 5GC ARCHITECTURE
4.2. EPC VERSUS 5GC STACK
4.3. EPC VERSUS 5GC FOR BUSINESS BEYOND MBB

5. CORE NETWORK BUILDOUTS

5.1. BUILD FROM (4G) CORE TO THE EDGE
5.2. BUILD FROM EDGE TO THE (5G) CORE

6. STRATEGIES TO EVOLVE TO 5GC

6.1. PATHS TO EVOLVE TO 5GC
6.2. KEY COMPONENTS FOR 5GC
6.3. EVOLVING FROM PNFS TO CNFS
6.4. U-PLANE AND C-PLANE DEPLOYMENTS

7. INDUSTRY OBSERVATIONS ON REGIONAL DYNAMICS FOR 5GC

8. MARKET FORECASTS

8.1. CORE NETWORK REVENUE
8.2. VNF AND CNF REVENUE

9. 5GC SUPPLIER ECOSYSTEM

9.1. ENEA
9.2. ERICSSON
9.3. HPE
9.4. NOKIA
9.5. ORACLE
9.6. ZTE

10. GLOSSARY

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