Ovum for Network vendors

Understand the implications of the evolving infrastructure value chain as SDN, NFV and cloud computing challenge the dominance of traditional vendors

Communication service providers (CSPs) are going digital. As they shift from CSP to Digital Service Provider and seek to become more agile their approach to sourcing and relationship with traditional vendors is changing. Their priority is to deliver faster, all-IP, cloud-driven services with vendor and hardware agnostic infrastructure.

The challenge for network vendors is navigating a new and rapidly evolving value chain as new competitors enter the previously walled garden of the telecoms market. At the same time technologies such as 5G, FFTs, GPON, G.Fast, and Mobile Edge Computing present new opportunities.

Ovum helps you:

Establish the impact of major trends such as cloud computing on the market and your business
Idenitfy where traditional vendors, software companies, start-ups and developer ecosystems fit in telco procurement plans
Identify where service providers plan future investments and track their deployments

Service Provider Markets

The Malaysian regulator takes innovative and risky approach by not assigning spectrum through an auction

By Sarah McBride 23 Jan 2020

On January 2, 2020, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) published a final report on spectrum allocation plans, which includes proposals for the allocation of the 700MHz, 3.5GHz, and 26GHz–28GHz bands.

Service Provider Technology, Enterprise Decision Maker

CSPs should implement AI to address challenges in operating 5G networks

By Adaora Okeleke 23 Jan 2020

5G will come with opportunities for growth but will have its own challenges. CSPs must therefore be proactive to understand these challenges and how they can be tackled, otherwise risk delivering value to customers and stakeholders.

Cybersecurity Accelerator

Data Privacy Day is nearly upon us

By Maxine Holt 23 Jan 2020

Data Privacy Day is nearly here. January 28, 2020 marks the 14th such day since the launch in Europe of Data Protection Day in 2007. Privacy and protection are interchangeably used terms, but both focus on ensuring that data is kept safe. Yet organizations are consistently failing to keep safe the personally identifiable information (PII) they hold about individuals.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

Hardware convergence in the smart home is coming this decade: The STB must capitalize

By Ismail Patel 21 Jan 2020

With smart home devices and services increasingly abound, one would be forgiven for thinking the set-top box would have achieved something similar to the smartphone in terms of device consolidation, but that has not yet happened.

Service Provider Technology

Samsung Networks acquires TeleWorld Solutions as part of its North America growth strategy

By Daryl Schoolar 20 Jan 2020

Samsung Networks recently announced the acquisition of TeleWorld Solutions. This acquisition will help Samsung better achieve its strategic goal of growing its North America network infrastructure business.

Service Provider Technology

Amdocs' recent NFV partnership announcements set it in good stead for accelerated NFV adoption

By Chris Silberberg 16 Jan 2020

2019 partnerships with VodafoneZiggo and SES showcase Amdocs' varied NFV credentials.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

A bullish outlook for carrier billing, despite growing alternatives

By Guillermo Escofet 14 Jan 2020

Carrier billing has gone from a market that appeared in terminal decline seven years ago to one that has managed to reinvent itself for the new digital age.

Service Provider Technology, Enterprise Decision Maker

Monetizing and enabling 5G will be an iterative process

By Kris Szaniawski 14 Jan 2020

5G promises not just to handle massive increases in data traffic but to also deliver new B2B and IoT-focused services and revenue streams along with associated complex partner ecosystems.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

2020 will be the year of 5G for all

By Daniel Gleeson 10 Jan 2020

Ovum's 5G Devices Tracker: 3Q19 shows that the cost of buying a 5G smartphone decreased by 9.2% from 2Q19 to 3Q19 and Ovum expects this rapid decline in price to continue into 2020.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

Key trends from the smart home market: December 2019

By Mariana Zamoszczyk 10 Jan 2020

A roundup of key events in the smart home market in December 2019.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

2020 will be the year of 5G for all

By Daniel Gleeson 10 Jan 2020

5G is set to become the fastest-adopted mobile generation with a forecasted 63 million subscriptions by the end of 2020, despite some concerns over use cases and coverage capabilities.

Service Provider Markets

Digital Infrastructure Sector Analysis

By David Kennedy 10 Jan 2020

This study forms part of Ovum’s Digital Economy 2025 series and outlines key competitive and financing trends in Asia.

Service Provider Markets

Governments should preserve private investment incentives while bridging the digital divide

By Sonia Agnese 09 Jan 2020

Nationwide broadband coverage is considered essential for the economic and social development of a country. Ubiquitous access to broadband is therefore a key element in any country's digital agenda and national broadband plan.

Service Provider Markets

Is international wholesale voice worth the trouble?

By David James 19 Dec 2019

The international telecoms market was founded and built on transporting voice minutes between countries. However, that traffic has changed dramatically as voice carriage has transitioned from TDM to IP.

Service Provider Markets

India's delay of the bill-and-keep system to 2021 will benefit some operators but not others

By Sarah McBride 19 Dec 2019

Mobile termination rates have been declining for many years, and in September 2017 it was announced that India would move to zero termination rates from 2020. However, on December 17, 2019, the change in charging method was delayed until 2021.

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