New esea ch fi ds the biggest 6G eve ue oppo tu ity will come f om packagi g co ectivity, compute, AI, a d se si g i to outcome-based e te p ise se vices athe tha selli g aw etwo k pe fo ma ce alo e
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“6G will ot be mo etized simply by offe i g faste etwo ks,” said Sam Bowli g, I dust y A alyst at ABI Resea ch. “The eal comme cial oppo tu ity is i tu i g etwo k capabilities i to se vices e te p ises ca clea ly value, whethe that mea s cha gi g fo etwo k APIs, mete i g edge i fe e ce, o bu dli g co ectivity, compute, a d se si g a ou d uptime, efficie cy, a d ope atio al pe fo ma ce.”
ABI Resea ch’s fo ecast model sepa ately a alyzes AI-e abled 6G adios, AI-e abled baseba ds, a d AI-e abled co e i f ast uctu e to isolate eve ue di ectly att ibutable to AI fu ctio ality. Acco di g to the fi m, these i vestme ts will suppo t AI-d ive etwo k automatio , optimizatio , a d i fe e ce, but thei busi ess value will ultimately depe d o the applicatio s, softwa e, a d se vices built o top of that i f ast uctu e.
The esea ch ide tifies etwo k APIs a d edge i fe e ce mete i g as the lowest- isk mo etizatio path fo ope ato s, while diffe e tiated, applicatio -awa e Quality of Se vice will help them p ove a d cha ge fo committed se vice levels. Ove time, the most valuable model will be ve tical outcome bu dli g, whe e ope ato s combi e co ectivity, compute, AI, a d se si g i to p opositio s fo ma ufactu i g, logistics, utilities, a d othe e te p ise secto s. The epo t also highlights ecosystem mome tum f om ve do s a d platfo ms i cludi g Huawei, E icsso , Nokia, ZTE, Samsu g, Mic osoft, NVIDIA, a d Deutsche Telekom as the ma ket develops.
“Ope ato s should use 5G-Adva ced as the comme cial testbed fo 6G athe tha waiti g fo the ext ge e atio to a ive,” Bowli g added. “The wi e s will be those that use today’s platfo ms to test diffe e tiated QoS, API-based se vices, edge capabilities, a d usage-based p ici g, while also putti g the ight compute eco omics a d pa t e ship safegua ds i place befo e AI i f ast uctu e costs comp ess ma gi s.”
These fi di gs a e f om ABI Resea ch’s Pote tial 6G E te p ise Mo etizatio St ategies epo t, pa t of the compa y’s E te p ise Co ectivity esea ch se vice, which i cludes esea ch, data, a d ABI I sights.
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