Vodafone Business held its latest analyst event in February 2020, the first for its new CEO, Vinod Kumar. This article outlines the main messages from the session.
CSPs risk falling behind in the competition for 5G leadership if they do not differentiate based on customer experience. CSPs must therefore implement assurance-led approaches to retain existing customers and win new business.
Traditional active testing approaches are unsuitable for supporting network automation strategies for NFV, SDN and 5G networks. Instead, CSPs should embrace automated active testing based on virtual and containerised agents, which enables assurance auto…
Network and service topology models that rely on static inventory systems and embedded data in disparate OSS tools cannot support dynamic cloud-native 5G services. CSPs must therefore use a real-time topology solution through a single source of truth to…
This report provides forecasts for communications service provider (CSP) spending on wide-area network (WAN) software-defined networking (SDN) solutions for 2019–2023 and estimated market share data for this sector for 2019.
Robotic process automation (RPA) solutions enable communications service providers (CSPs) to automate manual processes or tasks with software. RPA solutions are best suited to simple, laborious tasks where core processes, systems and tools are left larg…
Fujitsu is a global ICT player with operations spanning system platforms such as servers and storage systems, systems integration services, consumer PCs and mobile handsets and electronic components such as semiconductors and circuit boards. It has been…
Rich communication services (RCS) is a necessity for most operators that wish to consolidate their position in the A2P space, but mobile subscribers of all major operators have access to RCS messaging in only four countries (Germany, Japan, South Korea …
Many operators are looking at offering security services as a way of growing revenue in their business divisions, and the mid-market is an area of particular interest. This report provides an overview of the approaches of 12 operators that are already a…
There are great opportunities for operators in digital service investments, but there is a lack of clarity as to where and how to invest. Operators should review how their peers are investing and how the opportunities are maturing before undertaking the…
Nokia is a leading provider of mobile and fixed network infrastructure, software and services to telecoms operators, governments and large enterprises. Nokia is building a portfolio of end-to-end solutions to address the IoT market that includes its WIN…
The total number of smartphones is expected to increase due to the launch of 5G and growth in emerging markets. We forecast that the total number of active smartphones in emerging regions will exceed 3.3 billion by 2024. This report examines the regiona…
SAS Institute has been in business for over 40 years and remains in private hands. Its innovative software and services lead the AI and analytics market, but revenue growth has slowed in recent years. This report analyses the company in terms of its fin…
IoT services are growing in number and variety. Established fraud and security management systems based on consumer and enterprise usage patterns are not suitable for identifying fraudulent or hacking activity because IoT usage is specific to each appli…
Blue Prism is a company that makes robotic process automation (RPA) software to automate business tasks by using software ‘robots’ to instigate systems-based actions, thereby replacing manual processes. It is one of the top-three vendors in …
Retail revenue for TV and video services delivered by pay-TV providers and operators will grow by 7% between 2019 and 2024; this is a notable achievement given the decline in ASPU. This report provides an outlook on pay-TV and OTT video take-up and reve…
TV and video retail revenue will grow by USD19 billion in the emerging Asia–Pacific region between 2019 and 2024. This forecast report analyses the relative strength of IPTV and OTT video as they compete for a share of consumer spending in the reg…
Demand for fixed broadband worldwide remains very strong, but it is less clear what drives demand once FTTP becomes the norm. This report is our annual update of fixed data traffic trends and 5-year forecasts, and this year we take a look at longer-term…
Kaltura provides a wide range of cloud and open-source-based video solutions to enterprises, media companies, telecoms operators, OTT service providers and educational institutions. This profile focuses on Kaltura’s Cloud TV platform, which is a modular, …