Vodafone UK has worked with Ericsson to trial dynamic 5G Standalone (SA) network slicing, but the operator claims that net neutrality rules may limit the potential for commercial services. The trial used RAN slicing to deliver an on-demand 5G network slice for a virtual reality application. This required low latency and high bandwidth and achieved metrics of 12.4ms and 260Mbps respectively in a demonstration based in a retail store environment. The process of ordering a slice, through to provisioning and deploying it, took 30 minutes, the partners claim. Vodafone said this was the first test of its kind in the UK and expects customer proofs-of-concept (PoCs) to take place by the end of the year. It also believes other Vodafone…