What is the percentage of the largest operators that have chosen Ericsson for 5G core
it's a lot of concrete, steel and fiber, et cetera. We believe, over time, there is an opportunity for the wireless operators to actually lower capex, while the active part of the network will increase in importance. So there is a mix shift going on here where we see that our -- the market we address actually can continue to grow even though capex in the industry probably will start to taper off in the next few years. So we remain very, in that sense, confident that we're going to see a long-term growing market for 5G.
But then, of course, short-term fluctuations, but that should shrink through good demand.
Carl Mellander -- Chief Financial Officer
Should I take the second one there? Alex, you asked about DGS or digital services there. And I would maybe start on the big picture there. The customers now are moving into -- obviously, into 5G, and it's about cloud technologies and what we call intelligent automation. And 5G core, of course, plays such a critical part in that as well to enable, if you will, the full potential of 5G networks.
That's exactly where we play. And that's where you see the 5G core contracts coming in, and we have gained so many of them, even 80%, as we said. So that's really the big picture. And then now we are in implementation of those initial contracts.
It takes a bit of initial cost. But of course, as soon as we -- as those networks go live and we start to -- customers start to migrate subscribers over there, we will see revenue take off. And actually, we saw strong growth of the 5G core contracts in this quarter already. But still, there's much more to come, obviously, on that side.
And that is one of the key pillars in the entire turnaround here of digital services going forward.
Peter Nyquist
Thanks, Carl, and thanks, Alex. We will move to the next question, which comes from Peter Kurt Nielsen at ABG. Hello, Peter Kurt. Good morning.
Peter Kurt Nielsen -- ABG Sundal Collier -- Analyst
Hi, Peter. Good morning, gentlemen. Just a question, Carl, if I can stay with digital services. You spoke extensively at Q1 about the need to -- for improving sales execution.
And as has just been highlighted, you are seeing organic growth in Q2. Is that simply, Carl, a function of the better market and the 5G Core market picking up, as you said? Or have you seen early signs of your own execution improving here? And are you sort of confident that you can improve that going forward? And to what degree do you expect the new structure and the merger with managed services will help you on that? Any color here would be appreciated. And perhaps if you could talk a bit about how you see -- how we should view seasonality for the second half of the year.
Carl Mellander -- Chief Financial Officer
And maybe on the first point, I mean as we get further and further into this initial contracts, we also -- we learn and we improve and we get to the milestones in the projects, and that's then reflected in the growth we see in those contracts. And that will, of course, continue. 16 out of the 20, as you know, of the largest operators have chosen Ericsson for 5G core, and we are in the midst of implementing those contracts now. Of course, that is going to drive revenue and profitability for the period -- for the coming periods.
That's quite clear. Then when it comes to the new structure, maybe would you like to take this one? Because of course, there we see a clear benefit in merging the managed services and the digital services part.
Borje Ekholm -- Chief Executive Officer
Yes. And the key here is there are increasing convergence between managed services and digital services in sense of automation, orchestration of the network. And we believe we can get both -- or call it some -- there are going to be some cost synergies, clearly, and some synergies from consolidating our offerings and focusing really just having one solution, so to say. But we think also that's going to lead to better sales execution.
It's easier to go to customers with a clear solution argument when we can offer an orchestration solution and automation solutio
it's a lot of concrete, steel and fiber, et cetera. We believe, over time, there is an opportunity for the wireless operators to actually lower capex, while the active part of the network will increase in importance. So there is a mix shift going on here where we see that our -- the market we address actually can continue to grow even though capex in the industry probably will start to taper off in the next few years. So we remain very, in that sense, confident that we're going to see a long-term growing market for 5G.
But then, of course, short-term fluctuations, but that should shrink through good demand.
Carl Mellander -- Chief Financial Officer
Should I take the second one there? Alex, you asked about DGS or digital services there. And I would maybe start on the big picture there. The customers now are moving into -- obviously, into 5G, and it's about cloud technologies and what we call intelligent automation. And 5G core, of course, plays such a critical part in that as well to enable, if you will, the full potential of 5G networks.
That's exactly where we play. And that's where you see the 5G core contracts coming in, and we have gained so many of them, even 80%, as we said. So that's really the big picture. And then now we are in implementation of those initial contracts.
It takes a bit of initial cost. But of course, as soon as we -- as those networks go live and we start to -- customers start to migrate subscribers over there, we will see revenue take off. And actually, we saw strong growth of the 5G core contracts in this quarter already. But still, there's much more to come, obviously, on that side.
And that is one of the key pillars in the entire turnaround here of digital services going forward.
Peter Nyquist
Thanks, Carl, and thanks, Alex. We will move to the next question, which comes from Peter Kurt Nielsen at ABG. Hello, Peter Kurt. Good morning.
Peter Kurt Nielsen -- ABG Sundal Collier -- Analyst
Hi, Peter. Good morning, gentlemen. Just a question, Carl, if I can stay with digital services. You spoke extensively at Q1 about the need to -- for improving sales execution.
 And as has just been highlighted, you are seeing organic growth in Q2. Is that simply, Carl, a function of the better market and the 5G Core market picking up, as you said? Or have you seen early signs of your own execution improving here? And are you sort of confident that you can improve that going forward? And to what degree do you expect the new structure and the merger with managed services will help you on that? Any color here would be appreciated. And perhaps if you could talk a bit about how you see -- how we should view seasonality for the second half of the year.
Carl Mellander -- Chief Financial Officer
And maybe on the first point, I mean as we get further and further into this initial contracts, we also -- we learn and we improve and we get to the milestones in the projects, and that's then reflected in the growth we see in those contracts. And that will, of course, continue. 16 out of the 20, as you know, of the largest operators have chosen Ericsson for 5G core, and we are in the midst of implementing those contracts now. Of course, that is going to drive revenue and profitability for the period -- for the coming periods.
That's quite clear. Then when it comes to the new structure, maybe would you like to take this one? Because of course, there we see a clear benefit in merging the managed services and the digital services part.
Borje Ekholm -- Chief Executive Officer
Yes. And the key here is there are increasing convergence between managed services and digital services in sense of automation, orchestration of the network. And we believe we can get both -- or call it some -- there are going to be some cost synergies, clearly, and some synergies from consolidating our offerings and focusing really just having one solution, so to say. But we think also that's going to lead to better sales execution.
It's easier to go to customers with a clear solution argument when we can offer an orchestration solution and automation solutio