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 Technology

Next-gen campus networks are needed to support new wave of university students

By Jaimie Lenderman 13 Jun 2018

Whether they are using social media in the student union building or researching for a paper at the campus library, the post-millennial student requires a dependable broadband connection that delivers adequate throughput (even on Wi-Fi).

Service Provider Markets

Blockchain and AI become a reality in East Africa

By Danson Njue 13 Jun 2018

Blockchain is slowly becoming a reality in East Africa. Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda have shown great interest in the technology to improve service delivery and grow their economies, and it is already being piloted in critical sectors such as health, agriculture, land, and transport.

Service Provider Technology

AT&T and Verizon back open source SDN startup Lumina Networks

By Stephanie Gibbons 12 Jun 2018

Backed by AT&T and Verizon, Lumina Networks has received $10m in funding to expand its business into Europe and Japan and to fund development of its OpenDaylight portfolio, particularly its SDN controller.

Service Provider Markets

MVNOs Latin America event shows that MVNOs are a promising niche market for Mexico and the region

By Sonia Agnese 12 Jun 2018

The third edition of the MVNOs Latin America event, held in Mexico City in May, highlighted the fact that Mexico is still home to a growing market for the sector, with 15 MVNOs holding a collective 1.5 million mobile subscriptions as of the end of 2017.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

Looking at the future through the eyes of machines

By Ronan De Renesse 12 Jun 2018

Computer vision will be the most fundamental driver of new technology adoption over the next 10 years.

Service Provider Markets

Telecoms profitability set to remain steady in 2018 as new accounting standards take hold

By Upin Dattani, CFA 11 Jun 2018

Our analysis of forward financial guidance announced by many of the largest publicly listed telecoms groups reveals slightly less confidence in revenue growth in 2018 but steady progression in profits and (in most cases) capex.

Service Provider Technology, Enterprise Decision Maker

Dell EMC addresses upstream content supply chain issues for tomorrow's connected media companies

By Kedar Mohite 08 Jun 2018

Dell EMC's next-generation Isilon and ECS roadmap is focused on enabling media companies to not only enhance their data management capabilities but also streamline the content supply chain to create highly personalized media services anywhere, everywhere.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

Heightened competition has operators in Asia sharpening their standard defensive tool kits

By Nicole McCormick 05 Jun 2018

Competition has never been tougher in the mobile and fixed broadband sectors in Asia-Pacific, and the big question for communications service providers in today’s market is how to survive the fierce competitive threat.

Service Provider Technology

First cloud, now automation: Is SDN/NFV becoming an afterthought?

By Stephanie Gibbons 04 Jun 2018

The message that network infrastructure needs to be cloud based, cloud native, and cloud ready (and so on) has hit the telecom industry hard, and vendor messaging around cloud-based technologies got much louder over the last year.

Service Provider Markets

Emerging-market regulators must not ignore the social impact of zero-rated social media platforms

By Inderpreet Kaur 04 Jun 2018

Industry regulators in many countries consider zero-rating of mobile data costs for users visiting social media platforms to be a useful instrument to support their digital agendas, but some in emerging markets have failed to foresee the social impact of approving such policies.

Service Provider Markets

T-Mobile US – can the "Un-carrier" succeed as a mega-carrier?

By Mike Roberts 31 May 2018

T-Mobile US's proposed merger with Sprint may mean it becomes more like the very thing it has successfully attacked with its Un-carrier strategy – a US mega-carrier along the lines of Verizon and AT&T.

Service Provider Technology, Enterprise Decision Maker

Digital Transformation World: From Tour de France to Blade Runner

By Kris Szaniawski 31 May 2018

May 2018 saw the launch of Digital Transformation World, the industry event formerly known as TM Forum Live! Key themes included digital partnerships and ecosystems, open APIs, automation, and AI and analytics.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

AT&T slims TV down to its skinniest

By Ed Barton 30 May 2018

AT&T's Watch is a new ultra-skinny bundle of linear TV channels, notably not including the major broadcast networks, ESPN, or regional sports networks. Its most noteworthy aspect is the 15 million AT&T Unlimited subscribers who will be granted free access to the service.

Service Provider Markets

Portuguese regulator will stop designating a fixed-line universal service provider

By Sarah McBride 29 May 2018

A fixed telephone universal service is no longer relevant in Portugal, but a USO for broadband could be adopted in the future

Consumer and Entertainment Services, Enterprise Verticals, E...

APIs in corporate banking will need standards to achieve their potential

By David Bannister 24 May 2018

Banks must adopt standard APIs in corporate banking – but there aren't any.

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