{"id":28369,"date":"2019-08-20T09:01:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T08:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/?p=28369"},"modified":"2019-08-21T10:59:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T09:59:34","slug":"bss-to-support-telcos-transform-for-5g-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/2019\/08\/20\/bss-to-support-telcos-transform-for-5g-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"BSS to support telcos transform for 5G adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hassen Hamza, Pre-Sales & Business Development Director, MEA, at Nexign, tells us that business support systems (BSS) will need to help telcos transform as they get ready to adopt 5G. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister of communications, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has issued the\npolicy direction to ICASA to commence with the allocation of high-demand\nspectrum. The government approved policy guarantees that SMMEs will also\nbenefit from the licencing through the new Wireless Open Access Network (Woan)\nwhich will address competition in the sector and address the challenge of high\ndata costs in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, large telecoms operators will use spectrum to continue\nrolling out their 4G\/LTE networks and begin their deployment of next-generation\n5G technology. Even though the first commercial services are only expected to\nlaunch in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2021, the fifth generation of cellular mobile\ncommunications is already impacting on the development of business support\nsystems (BSS), with complex usage-cases that require integration with a wide\nrange of other systems or complex interactions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These include IoT vertical solutions, the formation and sale of\njoint services and products with partners, technical interaction and settlement\npayments with partners, eSIM subscriptions management. These are all in one\nsystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the fundamental shift currently taking place with the\ntransition from 3G to 4G, the move to 5G will be more evolutionary, and easy to\nunderstand from a practical perspective. Certainly, 5G networks will offer faster\nspeeds, more reliable connections, and enhance how business and consumers\nexperience mobile communications \u2013 all essential ingredients to be successful\nin the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\nstudy from Juniper Research found that annual\noperator billed revenues from 5G connections will approach US$300 billion by\n2025, rising from US$894 million in 2019, its anticipated first year of\ncommercial service. The report forecast that 5G service revenues would be 38%\nof total operator billed revenues by 2025. But until it becomes mainstream, 5G\nwill be focused on machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, supporting the\ndrive around IoT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IoT launch pad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In comparison to the above figures, the GSMA forecasts that the\nnumber of global IoT connections will triple to 25 billion by 2025, while\nglobal IoT revenue will quadruple to US$1.1 trillion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a continent, Africa provides the perfect foundation to use\nconnected devices to help solve some of its most pressing challenges. The IoT ecosystem,\nconsisting of sensors, data analytics, workflow automation and applications,\nhas the potential to create more efficient operations across industry\nsectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5G is set to be the true enabler of widespread Internet of Things\napplications, by providing massive machine-type communications (mMTC), which\nallows for the connection of a large number of devices that transmit low\nvolumes of data traffic at periodic intervals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling technical issues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overhauling any network requires significant capital costs; a\nreport by TM Forum highlights that 67% of total revenue from 5G use cases\nbeyond enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and fixed wireless access (FWA) is\ndependent on OSS\/BSS transformation. This is where the importance of having a\nflexible and strategic relationship with a BSS vendor is critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telecom operators will need to do a lot of work to successfully\nlaunch 5G services, including changing the radio access network (RAN) and core\nnetwork, and building virtualised infrastructure – all while maintaining\nsupport for previous standards such as 2G, 3G and 4G. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BSS modules of the system will have to work in a virtualised\nenvironment within the framework of network functions virtualisation (NFV)\ntechnology, and the individual VNF (virtualised network function) units will\nhave to support management through a single orchestration centre. This will\nincrease the speed of deployment and increase the automation of the management\nprocess. The BSS system should further support new business scenarios based on\nthe use of network slicing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, full convergence and support for other communication\nstandards are required, such as using Wi-Fi replacement technology and the\nassociated business model of working with partners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developing for the future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partner relationships must evolve around these new business models\nthat suit the 5G environment in general, and the opportunities for IoT in\nparticular. With the initial focus on connected devices, telecom operators must\nensure that robust systems are in place to support the convergence between data\ncapture, analysis, and actionable insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSPs can enhance their service offerings with these evolved BSS\nsystems to deliver business and consumer solutions capable of meeting the\ngrowing demands of a digital environment and modern subscribers \u2013 digital\nnatives. However, it remains important for operators and BSS providers to\nsupport the associated new business models that are expected to arrive with 5G.\nWith changes to service monetisation approaches being just one of the areas\nlikely to be impacted, more organic partnerships are essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the arrival of transformational technologies such as 5G, it\u2019s\nmore important than ever for CSPs to have a detailed approach in choosing a BSS\nvendor capable of becoming a long-term and reliable partner. BSS providers must\nwork closely with CSPs to support them in taking full advantage of what 5G can\ndeliver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5G allows operators to provide a much better customer experience.\nWorking closely with them, means BSS providers will play an even more integral\nrole in helping drive communication innovations in the future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hassen Hamza, Pre-Sales & Business Development Director, MEA, at Nexign, tells us that business support systems (BSS) will need to help telcos transform as they get ready to adopt 5G.  Minister of communications, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has issued the policy direction to ICASA to commence with the allocation of high-demand spectrum. The government approved policy guarantees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":28370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4950,6,103,38,382,10675,13,262],"tags":[1063,165,871,8151,8266,10737,10736,10733,8446,10738,1026,10729,4656,390,10734,1050,1918,8147,199,10739,8520,8518,419,10735,10741,10740,10730,10731],"class_list":["post-28369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","category-insights","category-mobile","category-networking","category-telecom","category-thought-leadership","category-top-stories","category-used","tag-3g","tag-4g","tag-5g","tag-bss","tag-businss-support-systems","tag-embb","tag-enhanced-mobile-broadband","tag-esim","tag-fixed-wireless-access","tag-fwa","tag-gsma","tag-hassen-hamza","tag-icasa","tag-iot","tag-juniper-research","tag-lte","tag-network-functions-virtualisation","tag-nexign","tag-nfv","tag-oss-bss","tag-smmes","tag-stella-ndabeni-abrahams","tag-sub-saharan-africa","tag-tm-forum","tag-virtualised-network-function","tag-vnf","tag-wireless-open-access-network","tag-woan"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28369"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28435,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28369\/revisions\/28435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}