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Aside from the technical and logistical aspects of achieving the rollout as quickly as possible, Mahapatra and his team are also ensuring the introduction of all the associated technology suites contained within a modern product launch.“ Similar to various industry players, most of the telecom companies are now changing their business models to be technology companies,” says Mahapatra.“ Whatever data they gather via 5G, they want to leverage to do more – and because they want to secure the network, they want to use cryptography and blockchain. Additionally, they want to provide smart city solutions as a part of their 5G offering. Going forward there is the opportunity to bring a whole suite of products for all the different areas.” It is PwC’ s role, therefore, to help clients build efficient, interconnected solutions that enable them to take their offering as a whole to the market, as well as adhering to data privacy regulations and protecting an individual’ s personal data.