As telecoms operations become increasingly softwarised, network functions are getting broken down into their individual parts, and reassembled as an essential part of the IT stack for industry-specific applications and services. In this disaggregated telco value chain, is there anything left that is distinctively ‘telco’?
Global O-RAN capex forecasts 2020–2030, modelling operator investments across four migration pathways.
5G is now the main driver of VNF deployment. But can telcos be cloud-native without being hyperscaler-dependent?
The latest update of our database of commercial deployments of NFV and SDN by leading telcos worldwide.
STL Partners believes that telco cloud is a crucial enabler for operators’ success in the Coordination Age. In this manifesto we explain why.
Cloud native networking offers operators a promise of efficiency, automation and innovation to underpin their future in the coordination age. But it should also mean a new operating model, new skills and organisation that few feel they are ready for.