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home , has now been drastically shortened with wireless connectivity in the last mile . We expect key markets to become battlegrounds for 5G FWA deployments to challenge incumbent operators . It will drive investment and innovation in favour of the consumer . AI and Cloud-powered WiFi will play a big role in rolling out these new smart home services and differentiating from other operators . SoftAtHome : In areas where deploying FTTH is difficult and / or costly , FWA is now a great opportunity for ISPs . Subscribers will always prefer their devices use the fastest Internet at home . However , despite 5G indoor coverage being relatively poor , we expect this phenomenon to be less important compared to what we ’ ve seen during the first years of 4G deployment . SmartHome needs to be available anywhere , anytime and there is still a lot to do in 5G and FWA before considering this technology could take over the SmartHome deployment . It may start first with smart city instead , but timing will be longer than the 18 months mentioned here . In all cases , mobile and fixed networks are more and more linked , so a holistic approach to analytics is needed and e2e monitoring is now mandatory . However , we see a trend to introduce 5G termination directly in the advanced HGW as prices for 5G chipsets are decreasing and 5G deployment is progressing . We expect to see more HGW with 5G integrated deployments in 2022 . Technicolor : With the recent auction of spectrum - both Sub-6 and mmWave - in multiple geographies of the world , we are starting to see mass adoption of 5G . Initially adoption began in mobile handset services but 5G is also being incorporated into offerings for broadband services in segments where ROI makes sense . The infrastructure investments ( base stations , backhaul , etc ..) that telcos are making to offer handset services can also be used to offer broadband services given the spectrum availability . Technicolor Connected Home is leading the effort to seamlessly extend the feature functionality of a wireline CPE to the 5G-FWA CPE ; so that the end consumer gets a single , converged experience . Lots of operators are not insisting on a specific WAN technology ( cable , fibre , xDSL , 5G , etc ..) but rather looking to provide their consumer a rich in-house broadband experience .
Do you perceive there to be additional security risks to the Smart Home as 5G and FWA roll out and smarter CPE proliferates in the home ? How can this be mitigated ? Allot : With more endpoints and more bandwidth , there is no question that the Smart Home will become the playground of the cybercriminal . But the WISP [ wireless Internet service provider ] can play a big part
in mitigating threats to the home by offering cybersecurity services as a part of their service offering . Broadband Forum : Security inside the home and when data signals are in-flight is of critical importance . Predominantly with IoT services , no security is built in , but home gateway providers have the ability to manage
third-party applications . Whether this is Fixed , 5G or FWA , service providers have both network based ( cloud ) and more intelligent CPE options for meeting security demands . The secure connected user experience is likely to be both network based with local containerised software based services , inside a new generation of intelligent Home Gateways . In addition , security issues can be mitigated by deploying products that are certified and have undergone significant testing . The industry as a whole needs to look at reducing fragmentation of CPE middleware platforms and develop an open standard application platform . We recently launched our official and approved test tool for self-testing of Broadband Forum ’ s BBF . 069 CPE Certification Program , that ensures that new firmware can be validated easily . CommScope : There are no new or additional security risks at all with FWA or 5G and FWA . SoftAtHome : Security risks are increasing globally since the lockdown started , whatever the connectivity type is . This is why SoftAtHome is more widely deploying Secure ’ ON , a software solution running on the connectivity CPE of the operator : the Home Gateway . Secure ’ ON detects and prevents cyber-attacks thanks to several techniques : packet analysis , advanced firewall , AI to recognise and identify unexpected traffic patterns combined with advanced device detection ( for example a camera doing a massive upload ). Secure ’ ON not only protects the LAN of the users but can offer privacy features such as tracker blocking to avoid the user being tracked by cookies . Technicolor : There are risks associated with all broadband connectivity within the home because it is a growing target . As people conduct more of their work and their personal lives from home it is going to be important to run end-to-end encryption in a way that does not significantly hinder performance and to deploy the most cutting edge security technologies like those being made available from Technicolor Hero Partners like CUJO AI . These security technologies must also be seamlessly integrated across the wide array of services that network service providers deploy . To properly address home networks as a growing threat landscape requires visibility across all seven layers of the technology stack from physical connectivity to the application layer . It must be understood that security throughout the stack is going to be paramount to introducing confidence . Over-the-air transmission is a new vector of risk , but there are also vectors of risk associated with cable and fibre . It is critical to introduce end-to-end encryption and ensure that consumers have access to the managed security services that will provide them with peace of mind to live their connected lives .
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