LAS VEGAS – T-Mobile US unveiled an end-user-focused version of its recently launched private and edge network platform designed to make it easier for enterprises and IT teams to monetize and deploy services running on the carrier’s 5G network.

The aptly named Advanced Industry Solutions is a selection of carrier-specific connectivity, compute, devices, and applications targeted at smart cities, autonomous factories, and retail environments. Those pieces are put together, tested, certified, and managed by T-Mobile US’ Business unit.

Mishka Dehghan, SVP for strategy, product, and solutions engineering at T-Mobile for Business, explained the platform strips away the complexity of deploying both a private or edge network and the money-making services that run on top of that network.

“What we have done is that we have removed the complexity and the openness of the business leaders, the enterprise CIOs having to go and make those decisions and choose those solutions,” Dehghan said. “And we bring it all together in an end-to-end solution that's all managed by T-Mobile. We have pre-selected and certified those solutions.”

Dehghan, as an example, said the T-Mobile US team looked at more than 1,800 different application partners to potentially include in the platform. “We picked the right ones, the ones that we believe are really the right solution for those industries,” she said.

While heavily curated, end users do have options tied to their need to integrate any legacy systems or services into the T-Mobile US package.

T-Mobile 5G Network Differentiation

The new platform is based on top of T-Mobile US’ 5G Advanced Network Solutions product it launched in May. That platform is a selection of 5G network and edge services targeted at enterprise and government customers.

It includes three components. The first is the T-Mobile Public Network that the carrier describes as being “architected so that data travels less distance from the device to the compute resource and back.”

The second is the carrier’s Hybrid Mobile Network that offers “faster speeds, lower latency and/or dedicated reliability.”

The final component is its Private Mobile Network for “Customers who need the highest speeds, reliability, and ultra-low latency.”

Each can take advantage of the carrier’s different spectrum bands and 5G network that the carrier said is superior to wired, WiFi, or private networks that use the Citizens Broadband Radio Spectrum (CBRS) due to greater mobility, coverage, and service stability.

“I think the key differentiator is our network,” Dehghan said. “The reason why they come to us is because we do have that ubiquitous coverage everywhere on 5G. We know all the limitations that exist on CBRS, it doesn't scale up and things of that nature, but if somebody has already CBRS that they're using and they just want to augment it with our connectivity solutions, because we do see some demand for hybrid connectivity, we accommodate those too. But really the premise of this is they’re coming to us, they want our connectivity, there's a reason why they come to T-Mobile, why don't we make it easier for them to get the end-to-end solution.”

Photo: Mishka Dehghan, SVP for strategy, product, and solutions engineering at T-Mobile for Business   Source: MWC

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