Recently, IDATE, a well-known French analysis and research institute, jointly held the Green Optical Network Summit with carriers and equipment vendors in Barcelona.
In the past few years, expectations have been high for the rollout of fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology in the enterprise and consumer sectors.
The telecoms industry faces a huge structural challenge. Opex, according to various market estimates, has been increasing faster than revenue for over a decade.
Innovation requires the mobile communications industry to move forward, and 5G must achieve this phase by phase for it to connect everything with intelligence and enable complete digitalization in a wide array of industries.