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…
Digital Transformation 2019: 5G, AI, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain, Cloud and Mobile Edge Computing, Connected and Wearable Devices, Cybersecurity, Digital Twins and Teleoperation, IoT, Robotics, Smart Cities, and Virtual Reality
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…