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SAMENA COUNCIL ADVOCACY SAMENA TRENDS

5G Core Transformation

SAMENA Council Advocates Advancing Business and ICT Visions through
Regulatory Enablement of 5G Standalone Networks; Highlights a Universal
Financing Framework for Broadband Development

SAMENA Council CEO & Board Member, “5G is a glaring reality; a door to new possibilities,
Bocar BA delivered a welcome address at
the 5G Core Summit, organized by Informa and new ways to collaborate with both existing and
Tech in collaboration with Huawei, and drew emerging ecosystem partner. It thus demands new
upon the Council’s observations that digital
transformation, technology integration, and advancements and progress at the Core level. Without
economic diversification are some of the 5G Core, Operators, and the private sector, at large, and
key drivers of new investments in advanced
mobile networks. The Summit focused on across all industry segments, simply cannot benefit
Intelligent Core trends, Network Resilience from 5G’s major and real capabilities.”
and Business Models, Operations &
Maintenance, among other areas of Bocar BA, CEO & Board Member of SAMENA Council
importance to mobile operators.
case exists for achieving 5G deployment advancing the 5G Core, transitioning to
In his address, Bocar BA voiced the case for flexibility, operational efficiency, adopting cloud-native 5G standalone, and ensuring
drawing true value from 5G investments. the cloud-native mindset for new sustainable investment and regulatory
BA remarked, “5G is a glaring reality; a applications, and thus fast-pacing digital- agility. BA also deemed it critical to adopt
door to new possibilities, and new ways to service innovation across the SA-ME-NA a universal financing framework for
collaborate with both existing and emerging region and neighboring regions, such as broadband development, which SAMENA
ecosystem partner. It thus demands new Central Asia. However, it is also important Council has helped create as a part of the
advancements and progress at the Core that further delays in capitalizing on work done by one of the UN Broadband
level. Without 5G Core, Operators, and advanced network features, new digital Commission’s leading working groups on
the private sector, at large, and across all services, and benefitting from 5G’s new 21st century financing and funding. “New
industry segments, simply cannot benefit revenue-generation streams be prevented. methods and new financial instruments
from 5G’s major and real capabilities.” So far, such delays have primarily been due have been brought to surface, and SAMENA
to the fact that most networks have not Council is actively pursuing realization of
Because 5G Core network functions yet implemented, or have not been able to its proposition on this frontier with relevant
are completely software-based and are implement, advanced, intelligent 5G Core. stakeholders, including with renowned
designed to be cloud-native, allowing financial institutions and investment
higher deployment agility and flexibility Through BA’s address, SAMENA Council groups”, BA stated.
on multiple cloud infrastructures, a strong promoted the need for opening and

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