The document discusses the impact of architectural decisions on future competitiveness in the telecommunications sector, emphasizing the importance of technologies like 4.5G and 5G. It highlights various strategies for reducing total cost of ownership (TCO) and increasing efficiency in network operations. The insights suggest significant improvements in revenue and service optimization through federated and open architectures.

1. How today’s architecture choices
impact tomorrow’s competitiveness
Michael Peeters • CTO, Wireless •

2. COMPETE.
TCO
REVENUE
CHURN
...

3. ACT.
4.5G
5G

4. DENSIFY.
VIRTUALIZE.
TCO IN
CONGESTED
-50%
vRAN
TCO UP2
-40%
vEPC
M2M TCO
-35%

5. HETNET
X2…7
FEDERATE.
LTE+WIFI
+30%

6. Video
Minutes
+30%
OPTIMIZE.
CoMP
+80%

7. INTER
WORK.
THEN
OPEN.

8. Courtesy of @achillean
EXPOSE.

9. PROFIT
>+10%
ANALYZE.

10. INVISIBLE. FEDERATED. OPEN.
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