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MYTH #5: 5G will only make
sense for huge organisations
FACT: There’s a pathway to 5G
that can benefit enterprises of
all sizes and circumstances
Businesses of any size will benefit from
5G. For example, organisations currently
rooted in a traditional wired world should
be thinking about applications such as
wireless failover. And as time goes on,
those organisations can expand its use for
software-defined networking or routing
certain types of traffic for performance,
redundancy or cost reasons.
And looking at Gigabit-Class LTE today, it
offers a variety of use cases and capabilities,
such as video surveillance, which can be
enabled by 4G and provides adequate
performance for video recording. The
improved capabilities of Gigabit-Class LTE
and 5G, however, allow more powerful
applications to be implemented, such as
automated image pattern recognition or
facial recognition.
also be flexible, secure and manageable.
This flexibility is in terms of the Edge
router supporting the different fixed-site or
branch connectivity requirements, such as
Wi-Fi, wireless SD-WAN functionality, and
advanced routing. Security requirements
include supporting private networks, VPN,
firewall, IPS/IDS and web security features
to enable direct Internet access across the
5G service. Management is essential for
enabling zero-touch deployments across
hundreds or even thousands of sites. It also
provides centralised monitoring for security
events, uptime and application performance
to ensure customers are getting the service
they paid for from the carrier.
Like consumers, however, enterprises also
demand predictable, fixed-rate 5G services
to eliminate budget risk and simplify the 5G
deployment planning process.
Conclusion – start now
Now that these common 5G myths have
been dispelled, CIOs should consider
FEATURE: 5G
Lindsay Notwell, SVP 5G Strategy and
Global Carrier Relations, Cradlepoint
integrating 5G into their current and next-
generation wide-area network plans. More
importantly, they should consider getting
started with LTE today to help them gain
the experience needed for a more wireless
WAN in the future and address current
needs for better reliability and performance
in the network. n
Across a huge variety of sectors, from
marketing to manufacturing, 5G will enable
organisations large and small to save money,
make money, gain competitive advantage
and keep people safe.
MYTH #6: 5G-capable
solutions for consumers are
the same as enterprises
FACT: What enterprises need
from a 5G solution differs
significantly from consumers
Just like any other home Internet service,
consumers expect a 5G solution to provide
fast, reliable and consistent performance
that makes video and music streaming,
gaming, interacting with voice assistants,
such as Alexa and Google Assistant and
other bandwidth-intensive activities an
enjoyable and seamless experience. Of
course, they also want the service to be
priced at a flat rate.
Enterprises, on the other hand, have a much
broader set of requirements when it comes
to implementing 5G for business solutions.
In addition to fast, reliable and consistent
performance, the 5G solution – which
consists of the 5G service plus 5G-capable
wireless Edge router acting as CPE – must
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5G WILL ENABLE ORGANISATIONS
LARGE AND SMALL TO SAVE MONEY,
MAKE MONEY, GAIN COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
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