Scale, sovereignty and the promise of one B2B – Deutsche Telekom analyst day
Telekom used its B2B analyst day on 28 April 2026 to showcase a strategy that is increasingly coherent and founded on a solid base.
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Defining the future telco — and what it means for operators and their partners
AI in telecoms networks: The state of play in 2026
In the run-up to FutureNet World London, we conducted a survey with telcos, vendors and analysts to assess the degree of adoption of AI in telcos’ operations and the impact of these capabilities in terms of cost savings and new service launch and revenue. Here we share the results.
How telcos generate AI revenue
How telcos are building revenue from AI-centric solutions for consumers, enterprises and the public sector.
Future Skills Tracker 2026
Insights from our Future skills tracker tool show that telcos remain behind technology companies (techcos) in the penetration of the key role types that would enable them to compete and add value like technology companies. The tracker provides direction on where telcos should learn from techcos and build capabilities to increase operational efficiency and enable new revenue streams going forward.
Edge Computing Ecosystem Tool
The Edge Computing Ecosystem Tool helps organisations navigate and expand their network of partners, customers and suppliers in the edge computing market.
Agentic AI in telecoms: What is live now and coming next?
Agentic AI is beginning to penetrate telco operations, but only in domains such as billing and field maintenance, which do not require real-time data or network operations. What will it take to enable secure and reliable use of agentic AI in more critical network operations?
Building a network API business: What does it take?
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.
Monetising 5G SA: Commercial models for QOD to slicing
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.
How telcos can deliver for defence
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.
Network API pilots to profit: A commercial playbook for 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 Location Retrieval.
Network API pilots to profit: A commercial playbook for KYC Match
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.
Liquid cooling: The next consolidation wave in data centre infrastructure
As AI workloads push rack densities higher and liquid cooling becomes essential infrastructure, a fragmented vendor landscape is ripe for consolidation.
Edge computing use case directory
Discover the best edge monetisation opportunities, understand the key partners, and inform your go-to-market strategy through our edge computing use case directory.
MWC 2026: AI but with more realism than hype
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.
5G SA: Is it too late for the slow movers to monetise?
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.
Telco AI data centre forecast: Where will the compute live in the AI era?
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?
The rise of AI at SK Telecom
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?
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