By decommissioning copper, fixed operators can reduce opex, release meaningful amounts of cash, and run their businesses more sustainably. The process of decommissioning copper can, however, be painfully slow. This report provides case studies for six ope…
This report focuses on aspects of Analysys Mason's <em>Connected Consumer Survey</em> that relate to the behaviour, preferences and plans of smartphone users in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). In particular, it focuses on customer satisf…
Dark Cubed’s solution helps managed service providers (MSPs) to oversee their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers' firewalls. This profile outlines the company’s strategy and highlights its key strengths and weaknesses.
This report focuses on aspects of Analysys Mason's Connected Consumer Survey that relate to the behaviour, preferences and plans of smartphone users in emerging Asia?Pacific. In particular, it focuses on the drivers of customer satisfaction and churn…
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Predictions for telecoms, media and
technology in 2020
New thinking to enable the full benefits of 5G
Expanding data centre investment
opportunities in APAC
A hybrid business model for video providers
5G opportunities in th…
Splunk is a rapidly growing analytics company that is using organic growth and acquisitions to build its functionality and market share. Its focus has been on horizonal capabilities on its core platform and key market areas such as IoT, but it is increasi…
Ericsson is one of the largest providers of services, hardware and software to the telecoms industry. This company profile provides an overview of its AI and analytics capabilities that support its customers, managed services and partners.
Operators have been investigating identity management for years and an increasing number of them have launched services. However, they have not been able to generate significant revenue. The launch of ZenKey in the USA has prompted us to look again at the…
Globe Telecom is looking to the business market for future revenue growth following strong performance with its core products. This article looks at the various initiatives that Globe is backing to grow business revenue.
MEF’s annual event, held most recently in Los Angeles in November 2019 (MEF19), provides an overview of the status of the carrier-grade SD-WAN market. This comment analyses the present state of the market for SD-WAN and its outlook based on the demonstrat…
In December 2019, Cisco Systems announced the culmination of a 5-year, USD1 billion investment in the 'Internet for the Future' and network disaggregation. This article analyses the announcement and suggests key challenges for Cisco as it implem…
Businesses in Western Europe are far less satisfied with their telecoms services than consumers are, according to the data from our 2019 Business and Connected Consumer surveys. Operators should investigate the cause of this gulf and determine whether it …
CSPs’ networks are becoming extremely complex thanks to virtualisation, and traditional offline network monitoring techniques are not able to guarantee service quality and drive the real-time automation of software-defined networks (SDNs). Network telemet…
This report analyses and compares the industrial IoT (IIoT) propositions of selected companies in the IIoT value chain. It outlines the relative strengths and weaknesses of the companies and compares them in terms of IIoT readiness, 5G readiness, customer…
Recent announcements by public cloud providers demonstrate their determination to colonise the new and nascent public edge computing market through operator locations. Telecoms vendors need to articulate a clear public edge computing story that addresses …
There are multiple ways that operators can support the coexistence of their LTE and 5G networks, but those that entail the least cost and complexity now can limit future migration options. This report addresses the pros and cons of different choices and t…
The industry has, for the past 7 years, failed to create virtual network functions (VNFs) that have no dependencies on specific hardware configurations. This failure has delayed the NFV project. In particular, VNF onboarding and testing complexities have …