
Enterprise AI: What are the best opportunities for telcos?
This report examines the key opportunities for telecom operators to monetise enterprise AI and secure long-term relevance within the emerging AI ecosystem.

This report examines the key opportunities for telecom operators to monetise enterprise AI and secure long-term relevance within the emerging AI ecosystem.
Our SMB cybersecurity survey in December 2024 highlighted the potential for telcos to address this segment. This report explores the approaches of those seeking to capture the opportunity in the small and medium-sized business segment in Europe.
This report analyses the positioning of four hyperscalers – Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Huawei Cloud – in the telco vertical. We evaluate how successful they have been at convincing telcos to migrate their workloads (from IT to the network) to the hyperscalers’ respective cloud platforms and we ultimately consider what the future role of hyperscalers in telecom will look like.
AI-RAN is emerging as a critical area of innovation for telcos. While early pilots confirm technical feasibility, the path to commercialisation remains less clear. We explore the practical pathways for telcos to capture near-term value and prepare for long-term opportunities.
STL Partners’ ‘Private network deployment
tracker’ (formerly known as the Global Insights Tool) has tracked publicly announced private network deployments worldwide since 2014. This rich dataset provides a clear view of market dynamics, revealing who is most active, where
deployments are taking place and where future opportunities may emerge.

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) rollout is set to reshape the sustainability landscape for EU businesses. We explore the main challenges and opportunities it presents for telcos.