Chinese operators received commercial 5G licences in June 2019 and are planning to launch services at scale in October 2019. The Chinese telecoms industry has an impact on the global device and network ecosystem because of its scale.
Emerging Asia-Pacific (EMAP) contains some of the most dynamic telecoms markets and fastest growing economies in the world. This report examines key trends and drivers, and provides comprehensive telecoms market forecasts and insights for the region and f…
This report provides market share data for communications service provider (CSP) spending on telecoms-specific video and identity platforms (VIP) software and related services for 2018. It provides details of how the spending varied by delivery model, ser…
Synamedia offers one of the most complete video management and delivery (VMD) solution portfolios for IPTV, DTH, cable and OTT pay-TV providers. Its portfolio includes video service delivery platforms, video processing, cloud DVR and security solutions. T…
This report, based on our survey during <span>1Q 2019 </span>of over 2300 SMEs and over 670 large businesses across 10 countries, shows the level of interest in, and adoption of, IoT solutions in this market, how they vary by…
This report examines the key trends and drivers for mobile communication services in Sub-Saharan Africa. It includes worldwide context and commentary on six countries: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
In many countries, the RF EMF exposure limits that MNOs must adhere to are lower than those defined by the ICNIRP guidelines. In this report, we examine how these lower limits affect MNOs’ 4G and 5G investment plans and what regulators, vendors and operat…
Operators across Europe have used convergence as a way of defending market share by reducing churn. This report uses results from our Connected Consumer Survey to investigate the penetration of FMC within seven European countries, and provides insight int…
The US Department of Justice approved a USD26.5 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint on 26 July 2019, which forms part of a wider agreement allowing Dish to acquire Sprint’s prepaid customer base together with some spectrum for USD5 billion. This comment…
Turkcell is remaking itself as a digital service provider. A key part of its strategy is deploying its Unified NFV infrastructure (NFVI) to support 5G and new network services. This report analyses how Turkcell has used partners and a pragmatic approach t…
Mobile retail revenue will provide around 65% of the total telecoms retail revenue in 2024 in the Middle East and North Africa, a slight decline from 66% of the total revenue in 2018. This report examines the trends and drivers within the mobile service m…
Fixed broadband penetration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will grow in all modelled markets, supported by national broadband plans and competition. This report examines the trends and drivers within the fixed service market, and provides comp…
Fleet management represents an important target vertical for operators' IoT business units due to the size and length of the contracts and relatively simple requirements that need to be addressed. However, operators are faced with a stark choice betw…
Many service providers aim to increase their market share with off-net services as cloud migration and SD-WAN change the business connectivity landscape. In this report, we consider some of the key attributes required from their wholesale partners in orde…
Providers will need to adopt more-agile development and delivery processes in order to successfully establish SD-WAN and other software-enabled services. This comment assesses a new programme from Axians UK, a network systems integrator, that aims to supp…
Operators such as AT&T are moving IT and enterprise workloads to public clouds in recognition that it is hard to build digital infrastructure in-house. They should similarly consider whether emerging, on-premises versions of public cloud providers…
This country report and accompanying data annex provide a comprehensive overview of the Netherlands' telecoms market, including KPIs and data on subscribers, penetration, revenue and ARPU. The report analyses the strategies of major players in the co…
Deploying a RAN on commodity hardware opens the door for merchant processor makers in the 5G market, but comes with the challenge to reduce costs significantly while supporting extremely demanding tasks. Only a few vendors will achieve the end-to-end plat…
Some operators have already deployed hybrid CPE that includes both wireline and cellular connectivity. This report analyses how such operators have used hybrid CPE to differentiate their retail fixed broadband offers.
Towercos have not traditionally invested in data collection and analytics to the same extent as MNOs. This is creating significant challenges as towercos take on far larger numbers of assets amid densification, and may reduce MNOs’ visibility of their ass…