Slice Enterprise and Slice More further the cause of differentiated connectivity, and complete SFR’s trio of 5G ‘firsts’
SFR Business has launched two new 5G network slicing offers for enterprise customers in France. They use 5G SA technology in the 3.5GHz band. One is a standard and the other a tailor-made service, which are Slice Enterprise and Slice More respectively.
SFR Business, the enterprise services arm of Patrick Drahi’s Altice Group, was the first to launch 5G in France in 2020, and the first also to activate and slice its 5G SA network at the end of 2023 and the first to offer 5G SA (‘5G+’) services to business customers.
Slice Enterprise provides flexible data transport and security while the bespoke Slice More offers dedicated spectrum and bandwidth. Both require 5G SA SIM cards and 5G SA devices.
SFR stated [translated from the French], “5G SA is a turning point for 5G usage… [because] it allows differentiated mobile connectivity, called ‘slicing’…Each ‘slice’ can be isolated from others and managed independently. This new architecture allows [us to deliver] quality-of-service according to specific needs and optimise spectrum for specific uses in real time.”
Emmanuel Pugliesi, Executive Director at SFR Business, said, “SFR Business offers tailor-made connectivity which represents a unique opportunity for our customers to rethink their services and invent new uses.”
According to SFR, 5G network covers 80% of the French population in the 3.5 GHz band, expanding out from large urban areas. It has about 9,200 sites.