Network slicing was much more in evidence at MWC24 than last year, featuring not just in demonstrations but also discussions about new use cases and the eternal conundrum of monetization. This partly reflects the successful conclusion of trials and early deployments, but also the prospect of dynamic slicing enabling not just new use cases but underpinning those already deployed, notably Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). Some of these trials and deployments have shown the potential of machine learning in orchestrating 5G network slicing and ensuring that they sustain the promised SLAs (Service Level Agreements). This will operate through the two species of RAN Intelligent Controllers (RIC), which will, in particular, help configure and manage dynamic slices over Open RAN networks. Indeed,…