5G Core Summit Blog

Summary

Omdia is set to host the 2025 edition of 5G Core Summit, titled “Intelligent Core Empowers the Mobile AI Era,” in Bangkok, Thailand on November 26. During the Summit, operators, industry organizations, and standards bodies will address the latest evolutions in packet core network technologies and business trends faced by communications service providers (CSPs) as they migrate their core networks to AI-based intelligent core to deliver and monetize new experienced-based use cases.

Intelligent core will deliver improved network monetization opportunities

According to Omdia research, as of the end of 3Q25, 83 CSPs had commercially launched the 5G core, delivering the capabilities to monetize new use cases and leverage automation tools to save costs. Many of these CSPs, however, are not stopping there and are already planning and executing the next journey, such as building the next phase of 5G, called 5G-Advanced (5G-A).

The innovations that 5G-A brings, however, will not be meaningful without integrating AI-based tools in the core, resulting in the new intelligent core.

Some of the opportunities that AI-based 5G-A intelligent core will deliver are improvements to customer service experience and experience-based monetization. This means global CSPs will have the ability to make use of networkwide data to train AI models to extract valuable insights on customer data-usage patterns and service requirements, subject to applicable market regulations.

AI tools can deliver quality of experience (QoE) assurance and real-time experience insights among other valuable analytics. These tools will also ensure the networks can accurately understand when users require priority services and in which location.

When this data is integrated into the 5G core network’s network data analytics function (NWDAF), it can provide actionable intelligence to other 5G core network functions, including policy management systems. Delivering these capabilities will lead to a more targeted real-time service marketing and CSPs’ monetization.

Dynamic policy capabilities will allow CSPs to offer premium service upgrade packages to customers willing to pay higher rates for the specific enhancements—such as improved uplink performance in a venue or concert hall—providing access to these advanced features for defined time periods.

As these strategic considerations evolve, CSPs will transition from standardized, one-size-fits-all services toward developing service and experience personalization that better monetize their 5G core networks, where traditional best-effort connectivity becomes inadequate. This marks the beginning of the intelligent core in the mobile AI era.

During the Summit, forward-thinking CSPs, such as AIS (Thailand) and e& (UAE) will share their vision and experiences of what service awareness and real-time evaluation mean and how they have used AI to help enhance services such as live streaming and high-speed railways, delivering benefits to customers.

Industry transitions to real-time service experience visibility

As CSPs accelerate their network capabilities to enhance and deliver these new services, it becomes essential to ensure customers remain informed about current service QoE and network capabilities. One effective method CSPs can employ to improve customer awareness of current service status is to implement a status window logo feature.

This logo feature can present customers with a dedicated window, managed exclusively by the CSP and positioned at the top of their device screen, where real-time information about current service types is displayed. The display messages could utilize a three-tiered information system, such as diamond, gold, or silver service levels, to best indicate the QoE and payment level.

However, this strategy presents several implementation challenges. CSPs must collaborate with device manufacturers to secure access and update capabilities for the information on the window logo feature. Additionally, to prevent customer confusion, industrywide coordination is essential to establish standardized display methods across different markets, handset vendors, and service providers.

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Roberto Kompany, Principal Analyst, Mobile Infrastructure

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