5G

Andrea Dona

Head of Vodafone UK Networks

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Future | Path of Network Evolution

Source: McKinsey & Company; Machina; MGI

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Future | Path of Network Evolution

Source: McKinsey & Company; Machina; MGI

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Vodafone Network Strategy - Balancing Cost & Growth

Consolidation Digital OperationsProgramable

Networks

Global Service

Platforms

• Evolving industry structure

towards greater

standardisation and site

sharing

• Zero touch network

operations & deployment.

• Predictive &

automated solutions

• Virtualised and software

driven networks.

• Enables programmability

and orchestration of

resources

• Enabling global platforms

to launch market leading

services

• Network sharing

• TowerCo

• Separation

• RPA

• Zero touch NOC

• Analytics

• NFV

• SDN

• SON

• IoT

• DXL

• AEP

+ Lower network TCO

+ Increased fixed revenue

+ Reduced cost per FTE

+ Improved service

quality

+ Improved TTM

+ Role in ecosystem to

reduce cost

+ Potential revenue growth

+ Entry into new markets

+ Creating new business

models to drive revenue

growth

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API’s, exposable services & assets (NAAS)

Cross-domain orchestration

Access management &

control

Service edge

management & controlPolicy control Cloud management

Virtual Networking SDN Controller

VNF1 VNF2 VNF3 VNF3 Open Stack

Access Core Data Centre

Services

Orchestration

Service

Management

Virtual Network

Physical Infra

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Data Traffic Growth

1% growth per week

New services More devices Digitalisation

4k

New tariffs &propositions Developing use cases Always connected

5G | Key market trends driving the need for 5G

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Future | Path of Network Evolution

Source: McKinsey & Company; Machina; MGI

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5G | Speed and Latency Enable New Applications

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Industry and

manufacturing

Digital divide

Automotive and

mobility

Education, learning,

entertainment

Health and

wellbeing

Security and

surveillance

Energy,

smart grid,

smart city

use cases

Remote surgery

Connected ambulance

…

Disaster recovery

Services for public security and emergency

…

use cases

Smart City and smart campus

Smart Energy

…

use cases

Cooperative urban cross traffic

Assisted driving - platooning

…

use cases

use cases

use cases

use case

Collaborative robotics for Industry 4.0

Assisted maintenance with AR and drones

Last mile logistics wt autonomous vehicles…

Education 4.0 with Augmented Reality

Remote events with Virtual Reality

…

Fixed Wireless Access - FWA

Remote patient monitoring

5G | A Use Cases Driven Technology

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5G Local & Global Awareness

Enable Start-ups Cooperation

New Vodafone products and services

% of overall 5G News associated to Vodafone

Create demos, pilots and services launches

Work with the SMEs to enhance our digital experience

Overall purpose of Vodafone Innovation Hub

Partnering up with the start-up ecosystem will provide us with a

time-to-market advantage and to help boost our 5G development.

The Lowry

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Trial Site Live Trial to Media CityVodafone Innovation Hub

5G | Making our innovation accessible

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Glasgow

Manchester

Liverpool

Birmingham

Cardiff

Bristol London

First live 3.4GHz test (and most

comprehensive 5G trials planned)

First to install Massive MIMO in Europe

Largest share of 3.4GHz 5G spectrum

in the last Auction

UK’s first holographic call using 5G

1,000 5G sites live by 2020 across

19 cities and urban areas

5G | Vodafone UK is 5G ReadyWe will be launching

5G in 12 more cities:

• Birkenhead

• Blackpool

• Bournemouth

• Guildford

• Portsmouth

• Plymouth

• Reading

• Southampton

• Stoke-on-Trent

• Warrington

• Wolverhampton

• Newbury

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Thank you!

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