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Q4 2019 www.mobileeurope.co.uk @mobileeurope Red Hat’s Darrell Jordan-Smith: open source powers the network edge CTO Interview Insight Industry 4.0 Why Vodafone Report: IoT Industry is not Deutschland’s Our annual waiting for the arrival Gerhard Mack is so survey reveals of 5G to deploy happy about that some changes tech, but private LTE acquisition plus his in priorities and networks pose some other big tasks thinking big questions 10 19 28 Contents 20 Insight report IoT 20 Annual readership survey The results showed that Industry 4.0 is your biggest priority, overtaking last year’s top choice, smart cities. Operators’ views on a number of issues differed from those of other respondents, too 10 28 IoT in Industry 4.0 A look at this hot sector and how operators are addressing it in their determination to move up Editor’s choice the value chain 4 Welcome 30 Connected cars A monumental year in telecoms As vehicles move towards being a draws to a close, but 2020 is sizing service and part of an ecosystem, up to be another one we look at the tensions between 36 different parties and factors that 9 CTO Spotlight will influence the balance of power Benoit Hanssen, CTO of Wind Full spectrum Tre in Italy, talks about network 32 The tech that carries IoT consolidation challenges and his love A quick guide to developments of different countries and cultures in familiar technologies such as 40 Wireless world NB-IoT, LoRAWAN and Wi-Fi, plus Our quarterly round-up of the major 10 CTO Interview some emerging challengers events in the global mobile market Gerhard Mack, CTO of Vodafone Deutschland (pictured), explains that 36 Smart cities 42 Final say the huge task of integrating the cable As ever, operators eye smart cities Kester Mann assesses Europe’s 5G assets acquired from Liberty Global as a great opportunity, so what’s market and concludes there is much earlier this year is just one of his holding up progress? to celebrate major tasks Welcome Editor: Annie Turner [email protected] By any measure 2019 has been a landmark year for telecoms infrastructure. It has seen the role of CTO earning far more of the recognition it richly deserves Contributing Editor: Sarah Wray and, most obviously, 5G deployments in the radio access network are underway [email protected] all over the world, with Europe in the vanguard rather, than as was predicted by Sub Editor: Lisa Hughes many, a regional laggard (see page 42). [email protected] 5G-enabled network slicing and ultra-low latency are still two to three years away, as we wait for 5G to transform the transport and core networks, but Design and Production: Alex Gold operators are working towards that transformation, with IoT as a key driver – Account Director: Fidi Neophytou as we explore in this edition of the magazine. [email protected] For years, we were dazzled by the iPhone, then smartphones generally and the app ecosystems that evolved around them, but the industry and the world at Marketing Manager: Emily Szweda large weren’t much excited by the ‘plumbing’ that made it all possible. Now 5G [email protected] and IoT are propelling infrastructure back to centre stage, where it belongs, and Publisher: Wayne Darroch this has pushed fibre to the fore, too. [email protected] Fibre to the home (FTTH) shot up up the agenda for telcos and governments +44 (0) 20 7933 8999 alike in some of Europe’s biggest economies, as the importance of fibre to 5G and the critical role digital infrastructure plays in national economies was ISSN: 1350 7362 finally acknowledged. 4G (by which I mean all varieties of LTE) might have had rather less of the limelight, but nevertheless immense build-outs are ongoing, Free Subscriptions Mobile Europe and European Communications is a for example in Germany and the UK, and are essential contributions to the controlled circulation quarterly magazine available free converging connectivity mesh. Nor, as our interview with Gerhard Mack, CTO to selected personnel at the publisher’s discretion. If of Vodafone Deutschland shows, should the longevity and performance of cable you wish to apply for regular free copies please register networks be underestimated (see page 10). online at: www.mobileeurope.co.uk/register Two other infrastructure hallmarks of the year are firstly, the prominence Paid Subscriptions of towercos, as operators strive to release the value of their assets which they Readers who fall outside of the strict terms of control may believe are not accurately reflected in their share price. Secondly, various purchase an annual subscription. 1 year UK subscription: approaches to RAN-infrastructure sharing, which vary from country to £111 one year International subscription: £139 country, as operators endeavour to avoid duplicating cost and infrastructure To purchase a subscription please call: unnecessarily. +44 (0)1635 879361 Finally, operators have accelerated the pace of disaggregation across their networks, from the RAN to the core, opening the door to new players, and Free subscriptions: [email protected] perhaps trading the disadvantages of vendor lock-in that they have been Paid subscriptions: [email protected] resisting for years with a serious integration overhead. We will see. Tel: +44 (0)1635 879 361 Printed By Enjoy the holidays! Buxton Press Annie Turner, Editor The views expressed in Mobile Europe are not necessarily those of the editor or the publisher. Mobile Europe is published by SJP Business Media 2nd Floor, 52-54 Gracechurch Street London, EC3V 0EH Average net circulation January-June 2017 – 4,680 Explore Data Centre Review The leading publication and website focusing on the data centre industry DCR provides data centre, energy, facilities and building If you have news content you would like to share with service managers and directors with expert information to our editorial team, please contact Claire Fletcher, Editor enable them to keep data centre sites running effectively at [email protected] while ensuring availability. 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The print publication is produced three times a year For commercial and advertising alongside its sister title Electrical Review and covers: enquires, please contact: • UPS & Standby Power • Cooling • Colocation & Outsourcing Sunny Nehru • Virtualisation & Cloud Computing Group Account Director • DCIM +44 (0)207 933 8974 • Security [email protected] • Edge Technology • Storage, Servers & Hardware Amanda McCreddie • AI & Automation • Green IT & Sustainability Group Account Manager • Data Centre Design & Build +44 (0)20 7933 8970 9 CTO Interview • Big Data & IoT [email protected] Benoit Hanssen, CTO of Wind Tre in Italy, talks about network consolidation challenges 10 CTO Interview Gerhard Mack, CTO of Vodafone Deutschland, Find out more at: explains the joys of being a “cable guy” www.datacentrereview.com CTO Spotlight 9 Benoit Hanssen has been the CTO of Wind Tre come by adding and re-engineering antenna sites, In the spotlight: since 31st December 2016. Previously he was but this comes at a cost, and the higher emissions CTO of Vodafone Hutchison Australia and allowed in other countries have not so far been prior to that he headed up the Global Managed proved to have had any impact on human health. Benoit Services operation at Ericsson. He speaks five Then there is the business case for 5G. This languages fluently. technology offers several new capabilities that Hanssen will enable innovative services, including some What is the biggest issue on your that will truly surprise us. So 5G will, for sure, CTO, mind now? create value for companies and consumers, As Wind and 3 merged, we needed to consol- and open up new opportunities for businesses. idate the infrastructure, modernise the tech- However, the question for us telcos is whether Wind Tre nology and deliver synergies. All this while we will be able to generate additional value to ensuring continuity of service for customers. justify the investments. After the heydays of This programme is moving forward successful- the late 90s and early 2000s, telcos’ revenues ly. The next challenge is to create opportunities have stabilised or slightly declined. Over-the- by leveraging our best-in-class network, using top companies captured the largest share of technology to benefit our customers. the value that mobile internet technology has created, so will it be any different for 5G? Which person has most influenced your career? What do you consider I am constantly being influenced and inspired your greatest professional by all the people around me. It is through achievement? discussion, debate and by observing what others Wind Tre has nearly completed the network do that I form my own views. And often the consolidation and modernisation, and we can people that trigger the best thoughts are not the say that we have a great network.