Nov 2020

5G is Live – What is Next?Dr. Mahmoud SherifHead of Technology & IT Strategy

• Conflicting demand and supply forces in connectivity revenue

• Operators’ quest for future economic value requires paradigm shift

• du’s 5G Journey so far

• 5G and Edge Cloud

1 Spectrum

2 Access network densification & evolution

3 Backhaul including fiber

4 Core

Massive investment requiredHuge growth in traffic expected Unable to decouple TCO & revenue

Investment costs skyrocketingexample 1: Impact of increasing fiber density: mature telco set for a 33%-37% drop in ROC during the deployment phase

Demand vs willingness to pay:Connectivity getting commoditized, All-you-can-eat packages

Time

$ TCO

Revenue

Source: The road to 5G, McKinsey, 2018

Digital Service Provider

Experiences

Operating Model Ecosystem

Technology

Physicalnetwork

VirtualnetworkSDNIoT ApplicationIT & DC

du’s 5G Journey So Far

May 2019 Aug 2020

Collaboration with Governmententities for 5G use cases pilot:

- Dubai Police- Dubai Future Foundation- Mubadala (Abu Dhabi)

Collaboration and partnership with enterprise and educational entities:

- D3- DIFC Gate- AstroLab- Nakheel Mall- Intercontinental Hotel

- 5G mmWave sites in Yas Island

- 5G SA: The breakthrough aggregate throughput (DL+UL), exceeding 2Gbps over a single 5G 100MHz carrier

5G Hologram Conference

5G Hologram Interview

5G Gaming

5G VR Gaming

5G VR Tour

5G drones

https://www.du.ae/5g/our-network

NetworkMobile Edge Computing

Network Slicing

High Speed

Low LetancyMassive Connectivity

FWA

Use CasesHealth

EducationPublic Safety

Entertainment

Transport

Education

Retail

Business ModelsB2B B2B2C Partner

Build & OperateNew layer added in 5G ecosystem

5G and Edge Cloud

Latency Reduction Data Reduction Offload at Edge

Drones V2XGamingAR/VR

Factory RoboticsIoT Healthcare

Cloud Computing

EdgeComputing

EdgeApplications

The benefits of edge stem from the fact it allows enterprises to deploy applications closer to the end-user/source of data

Factories &Warehouses Oil rigs

Utilities Ports

Step 1 Step 3Step 2 Step 4

Establish an Edge Mindset

Define Architecture

Requirements

Select Edge Platform

Optimize and Scale

Repeat

DiversityUse casesTopologies

TechnologiesStandards

ProtectionSecurityPrivacy

Compliance

LocationsScale

EnvironmentalsRemote Management

Autonomy

DataIntegrationGovernance

Analytics

• Collaborate with the enterprise proactively to identify use cases that can be addressed with edge computing.

• Build a strategic plan or vision for edge computing as an integral part of a broader digital business strategy.

• Pilot an edge computing project to build expertise and partnerships.• Identify skills and operational changes needed for future projects by building a “tiger

team” around a specific edge project.• Select edge computing vendors and providers by evaluating them based on specific

use-case requirements, but based on the broader edge computing strategy.

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