It’s hard to deny that 5G has garnered the greatest number of headlines in the first three months of 2017. This was certainly the case at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 a few weeks ago, and the fever pitch of 5G announcements is unlikely to abate anytime soon.
However, my experience at MWC was that while 5G was the “sound bite” leader, behind this backdrop, cloud and security technologies are fundamentally driving business growth opportunities for communications service providers (CSPs). As a result, I was pleasantly surprised at just how quickly these technologies are maturing, as well the high levels of resiliency that existing products have also shown. Let me explain.