Much like their enterprise customers, network service providers (NSPs) are learning the importance of shifting away from a CAPEX-intensive approach to digital infrastructure. Building out private infrastructure generally worked fine in the days of wireline networks and during the early generations of wireless. Now, the advent of 5G networks has changed the equation.
5G rollout is a fundamentally new kind of investment for NSPs; it’s not something they can achieve with a few inexpensive tweaks to their existing infrastructure. Building out 5G network infrastructure using a traditional, owned-and-operated approach may require billions of dollars in up-front capital expenses. Add in…
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