Turkish network technology vendor Argela has provided the first public practical demonstration of how network slicing could look if 5G operators harness the emerging M-CORD standard. Network slicing is perhaps the concept which will most justify 5G’s claim to offer something entirely different to 4G, and therefore be worth the investment. It involves allocating virtual slices of network capacity to a service provider or enterprise, on-demand and with the particular capabilities (speed, security levels, QoS, latency etc) which the service requires. This could usher in far more optimized support for the wide range of vertical market networks which 5G pledges to address, and a radically flexible wholesale model, enabling huge numbers of virtual service providers on an ‘as a service’,…