5G Network Slicing Forecast to 2029

The forecast shows there are growing opportunities in enterprises, within private networks, and with operators, within public macro networks.  Growth is also shown via the consumer side through the provision of services dedicated to use cases such as UHD video delivery, conferencing and mobile gaming.

Early growth will be concentrated in the enterprise, led by six key sectors that will propel revenues associated with slicing almost from a standing start to $16bn by 2029.

Network slicing is a work in progress in three primary stages from a technological and functional standpoint. These Rethink defines as static, targeted and dynamic slices, which are three categories forecast separately for traffic levels and revenue in this report.