While the industry is already beating the 6G drum, there’s still a lot left to do with 5G. The move to 5G Standalone (SA) and leveraging a cloud-native core network will hopefully have a breakout year in 2024, helping operators move the needle more materially on delivering new customized enterprise services. To best understand the dynamics around 5G Standalone, it’s important to look at the principles of cloud-native computing and how it applies to telecommunications.