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Deployment of the 5G core is the next big step in 5G networks. It will enable standalone (SA) operation and new service types. This new core will be deployed on software-defined infrastructure and should be automated by design. Automation of the 5G core is required. First, because operators do not yet know which services will take off and achieve commercial success at scale and which will emerge as valuable but niche. And second, because operators must reduce the cost of production to remain c...

Vodafone Germany has announced the launch of its 5G standalone (SA) network, claiming that 5G is now standing on its own two feet in the European market for the first time. Clearly unafraid to hammer the message home with some fairly simple imagery, Hannes Ametsreiter, CEO of Vodafone Germany, appeared before the camera with some bicycle stabilizers, noting that "we dont need these support wheels" for 5G anymore. Gabriel Brown, principal analyst at Heavy Reading, indicated that Vodafone Germany...

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