Cloud gaming: New opportunities for telcos?

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Format: PDF file
Pages: 36 pages
Charts: 12
Author: David Pringle
Publication Date: November 2019

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• What is cloud gaming?
  • Why consumers will embrace cloud gaming
• Ramifications for telecoms networks
  • Big demands on bandwidth
  • Latency
  • Edge computing
  • The network architecture underpinning Google Stadia
• How large is the potential market?
  • Modelling the U.S. cloud gaming market
  • New business models
• Telcos’ cloud gaming activities
  • Microsoft hedges its bets
  • Apple takes a different tack
• Conclusions
  • Telcos without their own online entertainment offering
  • Telcos with their own online entertainment offering

Table of Figures

• Figure 1: Availability/Adoption of Fibre Varies Dramatically Around the World
• Figure 2: Comcast positions targets its faster broadband connections at gamers
• Figure 3: BT looks to attract gamers to its premium fibre packages
• Figure 4: Google’s cloud gaming service calls for fast broadband connections
• Figure 5: Cloud gaming latency can be comparable to that of a local console
• Figure 6: Google’s data centres are mostly in North America & North West Europe
• Figure 7: The global video games market is growing by about 10% per year
• Figure 8: Modelling the end-game for cloud gaming in the U.S. market (2030)
• Figure 9: The U.S. cloud gaming opportunity for telecoms operators (2030)
• Figure 10: The U.S. cloud gaming market is set to grow rapidly
• Figure 11: The Sunrise cloud gaming controller links to a phone via Bluetooth
• Figure 12: Ooredoo is offering a cloud gaming service to its TV customers in Qatar

Technologies and industry terms referenced include: business models, Deutsche Telekom, edge computing, fibre, gaming, google, microsoft, Sony, Stadia