The pace of 5G network slicing development is quickening and proceeding beyond testing into demonstrations and even early deployments within commercial networks, at least for relatively undemanding applications. Ericsson and Nokia have been at the forefront, while Huawei is focusing more on consolidation of capabilities and technologies before pushing ahead with major deployments within its customer base. The latest in a spate of slicing announcements has come from Ericsson about deployment of automated network slicing service orchestration capability in Telstra’s commercial network, featuring onsite local data breakout and 5G enterprise routers from its Cradlepoint subsidiary acquired for $1bn in November 2020. The ability to confine data destined for an internal destination securely to the site is critical if network slicing…