https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5g-business-case-dire-need-design-thinking-sadiq-malik-/
………..By taking a “people first” approach, design thinkers can imagine solutions that are inherently desirable and meet explicit or latent needs.Thomas Edison created the electric lightbulb and then wrapped an entire industry around it. That’s design thinking in action.
So lets apply that to 5G….isn’t 5G NR a sort of electric bulb waiting for digital industries to be wrapped around it ? Our ability to conceive of a fully developed marketplace ( think ecosystem ), not simply a discrete radio technology might well be the key to monetizing 5G . I think NTT DoCoMo may have figured that out in its 5G Ecosystem creation play.
Japan’s largest mobile player, introduced its 5G Open Partners Program and already signed up more than 600 partners. NTT Docomo said the 5G open partner program will provide a platform for the firm’s business partners to experience 5G technology. The program will also serve as a platform for information exchange and strengthen cooperation between the Japanese telco and its partners in a move to explore new use cases for 5G….
Sadiq Malik
Telco Strategist
Telco Global Connect 