Defining the future telco — and what it means for operators and their partners
Many operators see network APIs as a significant long-term opportunity, but few have turned that interest into meaningful internal investment. This report explores how to build a network API business – from winning executive backing and shaping the first business case to designing an operating model that can support execution and scale.
As 5G SA deployments grow, more telcos will be in a position to offer differentiated connectivity. But the path to effective monetisation is not clear or easy. This report explores the most promising use cases and monetisation mechanisms that telcos should focus on.
Skywatch constellation offers an in-depth analysis of major satellite operators, including their constellation, business model and strategic posture toward telcos.
As telcos deploy more resilient and programmable networks, they could become key suppliers to armed forces. Dual-purpose tech solutions by telcos are valuable also to the population and civilian critical services during extreme weather events or energy blackouts, as much as during military conflict.
As the bottleneck shifts from commitment to commercial execution, telcos need an API-specific playbook – not a one-size-fits-all approach. Drawing on extensive demand-side research, this series of reports delivers actionable guidance on pricing logic, charging models and GTM channel strategies for emerging APIs. This report focuses on Location Retrieval.
As the bottleneck shifts from commitment to commercial execution, telcos need an API-specific playbook – not a one-size-fits-all approach. Drawing on extensive demand-side research, this series of reports delivers actionable guidance on pricing logic, charging models and GTM channel strategies for emerging APIs. This report focuses on KYC Match.
As AI workloads push rack densities higher and liquid cooling becomes essential infrastructure, a fragmented vendor landscape is ripe for consolidation.
Discover the best edge monetisation opportunities, understand the key partners, and inform your go-to-market strategy through our edge computing use case directory.
AI was again at the centre of MWC. But now telcos are focused on what they can practically achieve with AI rather than on boosting investor perception. Satellites, 5G standalone, sovereignty, security and quantum are other themes we noted in Barcelona.
In this annual update to our Telco Cloud Deployment Tracker we focus on 5G core, vRAN/open RAN and cloud-native container orchestration platform deployments by telcos.
Our telco AI data centre forecast examines the rise of AI factories alongside the evolution of network edge infrastructure, showing how AI-driven demand is accelerating growth in telco compute capacity. How will data sovereignty requirements and new industrial AI applications reshape the telco compute capacity landscape?
Following early AI investment, in 2021 SK Telecom announced its intention to become an AI company for the AI era. What actions has SK Telecom undertaken to this end? What role is AI playing across its business? And is AI paying off?
As AI and national sovereignty increasingly intersect, telecoms operators face both opportunity and risk. This report sets out a practical framework to help telcos determine whether, where and how to play in sovereign AI.
RAN autonomy will not deliver impact unless technical progress and value creation advance in parallel. Our dual-axis framework will help operators to assess where they are today, identify constraints across the lifecycle and the investments most likely to scale.
Neutral host networks play an essential and growing role in ensuring indoor coverage of mobile networks. This report examines the evolving business models and technology of this market, and how it relates to private mobile networks.
The telecom industry is going through a period of material change in respect to the silicon it utilises. This report examines the key dynamics and considerations in the locations where processing demand is at its highest: the RAN and AI factories.
To deliver on their AI visions (especially agentic AI), operators must transform their data foundations and capabilities to avoid “garbage in, garbage out”. We identify the steps operators can take to get their data ready for AI on the journey towards level 4+ autonomy.
Our research focuses on how telcos and their partners can embrace industry disruption.
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