Private networks: Trends in commercial deployments
Ten years of private network deployments tracked in our global insights tool.
Tag: Telecoms
AWS, Azure and Google Cloud: Who’s got the edge?
This report analyses the edge computing strategies of the ‘big three’ cloud providers – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. We assess how successful they have been at developing solutions across the edge continuum, including on-premise, network and regional edge, and determine who leads this nascent market.
The state of telco AI and what operators should do next
Major advancements in artificial intelligence are increasing telco stakeholder expectations. This report assesses where telcos are on their AI adoption journeys and provides recommendations for how they can accelerate their progress.
DTW24: Generative AI brings both hype and hope
DTW24 showed a telecoms industry ready to face reality and making quiet progress. This progress may not go far or fast enough to change the future of the industry, but either way AI will play a big role.
Key success factors for capturing the subscription marketplace opportunity
We examined 20 organisations that have started to build a subscription marketplace across a wide range of industries. Our analysis identifies the critical success factors telcos need to capture this opportunity.
Telco cloud deployment tracker: What is happening with SD-WAN in 2023?
In this update, we look at the new deployments completed by 31 March 2023 or confirmed for completion by the end of 2023 or during 2024, and provide the usual update of telco cloud deployments including new data for 2023 and 2024. Our deep dive this quarter is on SD-WAN and SASE services.
Connected car: From mobile broadband to genuine V2X
The number of connected cars on the road is growing fast. Some use cases for connected vehicles depend on cellular connectivity, but many do not. Telcos need to focus on use cases where they add value to the ecosystem.
Telecoms 2023: Meaningful growth in challenging times
How telecoms can adapt and offer customers and other stakeholders an attractive way forward in markets facing inflation, and geopolitical and environmental challenges.
Network edge capacity forecast: The role of hyperscalers
Telecoms operators are still grappling with how they should work with hyperscalers; the network edge is a key battleground. This report is an update of our network edge capacity forecasts and incorporates survey data from over 190 respondents to evaluate the market’s views on telcos.
Enterprise Wi-Fi 6/7 is here to stay: 5G is not enough
Wi-Fi will retain its preeminent position for enterprise in-building connectivity, despite hype about 5G. New Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 generations are game-changers that entrench and extend its role and utility in verticals, especially with 6GHz spectrum. Telcos and policymakers should broaden their vision towards “network diversity” rather than solely focusing on 5G.
Telco Cloud Deployment Tracker: Open RAN deep dive
In this update we present more granular data into the RAN to track the shift towards disaggregation across vendor ecosystems. It is still very early days with open RAN and vRAN, with 33 deployments in total, but we expect this to accelerate over the coming year.
Telco Cloud Deployment Tracker: 5G standalone and RAN
New growth from 5G standalone, RAN and SASE is getting underway, amidst maturity and decline in foundational deployments.
Cloud native: Just another technology generation?
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.
Apple Glass: An iPhone moment for 5G?
The delivery of ‘mixed reality’ experiences through various forms of AR / VR ‘glasses’ is improving, and Apple may be planning to enter the fray alongside other heavyweight players such as Amazon and Google. We review the realistic timescales, and the opportunities for telcos.
Telco 2030: New purpose, strategy and business models for the Coordination Age
How telecoms industry CEOs can reignite growth, align investors, employees, customers and governments, and reinvigorate the industry for the next decade.
Creating a healthy culture
Strategy is shaped and constrained by company culture, and a company’s culture will negate a strategy if they are not complementary. We examine how TELUS Health has created and maintained an effective culture that has helped to deliver employee and customer engagement, and business results. How does it do it, and what should others learn?
NFV/SDN deployment pathways: Three telco futures
NFV/SDN is one factor driving radical change in telco business models. This report explores the three archetypal telco NFV/SDN implementation strategies that we’ve found in the market, and the different telco business models each will result in.