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Much we first previewed on Monday of this week (here), EE Mobile (BT) has today officially launched their new ‘Fast Lane‘ feature, which is described as being the UK’s first commercial consumer implementation of Network Slicing technology on a 5G+ (5G Standalone) mobile broadband network (i.e. giving customers data traffic prioritisation in busy areas).
Network slicing is a feature of the latest end-to-end 5G Standalone (5G+) based mobile broadband networks. In short, it essentially allows for multiple virtual network slices across the same physical network. Each slice is isolated from other network traffic to give dedicated performance, with the features of the slice typically being tailored to specific use case requirements (e.g. online gaming, enhanced mobile broadband speed, payment processing at big events etc.).
Regular readers might recall that Vodafone Business (VodafoneThree) recently claimed to have launched the “UK’s first commercial 5G network slicing” service (Local Slicing), but that was focused solely on specific business users (here). The service aimed to offer guaranteed mobile network performance across a defined site or local area up to 5km2 – from stadiums and logistics hubs to university campuses and construction sites etc.