Facing Up to the Software-Defined Operator

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We see five major trends leading towards the overall picture of the ‘software defined operator’ – an operator whose boundaries and structure can be set and controlled through software. This presents threats as well as opportunities for industry players selling and wanting to sell to telcos.

Description

Format: PDF filePages: 15 pagesCharts: 5Author: STL research teamPublication Date: March 2014

Table of Contents

  • The Challenges of the Software-Defined Operator
  • Three Vendors and the Software-Defined Operator
  • Ericsson
  • Huawei
  • Cisco Systems
  • The Changing Role of the Vendors
  • Who Benefits?
  • Who Loses?
  • Conclusions
  • Platform provider or platform consumer
  • Define your network sharing strategy
  • Challenge the coding cultural cringe

Table of Figures

  • Figure 1: An architecture overview for a software-defined operator
  • Figure 2: A catalogue for everything
  • Figure 3: Ericsson shares (part of) the vision
  • Figure 4: Huawei: “DevOps for carriers”
  • Figure 5: Cisco aims to dominate the software-defined “Internet of Everything”

Technologies and industry terms referenced include: 2, 2014, business, cisco, congress, Devops, Ericsson, GSMA, Huawei, Innovation, mobile, model, operator, operators, Software Defined, Strategies, Strategy, Telco, Telecoms, transformation, Virtualisation, world