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

Intel announces Foveros, an "awesome" and "terrifying" heterogeneous logic integration

By Ian Redpath 18 Dec 2018

At its analyst day on December 10, 2018, Intel introduced its new 3D packaging technology, Foveros, for heterogeneous system integration. Foveros enables logic-on-logic packaging, and is designed to maximize multifunction integration.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

2019 Trends to Watch

17 Dec 2018

AI is an undoubted work in progress. Feeling the impact of AI – from its early days at the dawn of the modern computer, through today and its integration into devices, apps, and the networks that connect them and that we use every day – has been a long time coming.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

2019 Trends to Watch - Contact us

17 Dec 2018

Each year the Consumer and Entertainment team at Ovum deliver Trends to Watch, a suite of reports which explore what they expect to be the defining topics of 2019. The full suite of Trends to Watch reports for Consumer and Entertainment are available on our Knowledge Centre. If you would like to access some or all of these reports, fill out the form and a member of our team will be in touch.

Consumer and Entertainment Services, Internet of Things

Orange redefines its vision for the smart home at Hello Show

By Mariana Zamoszczyk 17 Dec 2018

On December 12, Orange introduced a set of new products and services for the smart home as part of its annual Hello Show in Paris.

Service Provider Markets

Developments in sub-Saharan wholesale will help reduce the digital divide in Africa

By David James 17 Dec 2018

The fourth quarter of 2018 has seen a flurry of announcements concerning telecoms investments, acquisitions, alliances, and partnerships that will boost the availability of international wholesale connectivity to and within sub-Saharan Africa.

Service Provider Technology

Call to action for NFV vendors and CSPs: Automate, automate, automate

By Stephanie Gibbons 17 Dec 2018

The pressure to operationalize NFV platforms is escalating, and while the industry is still sorting out the dynamics around new business models, licensing structures, and expanding partner ecosystems, there is one thing NFV vendors and CSPs agree on for 2019: more automation.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

With 5G coming, how do operators charge if they already have cheap, "true" unlimited data plans?

By Nicole McCormick 17 Dec 2018

Mobile operators in China and Taiwan face a 5G pricing conundrum. They are not alone. The challenge is this: how to charge for 5G, when there are already cheap unlimited mobile data plans in the market?

Consumer and Entertainment Services

2019 Trends to Watch: TV & Video Super-Themes

By Ed Barton 14 Dec 2018

Megamergers of traditional media companies and unprecedented competitive pressure from scaled, multinational digital platforms, namely Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google (FANG), are rapidly reshaping the entertainment industry.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

2019 Trends to Watch: Consumer Technology Super-Themes

By Ronan De Renesse 14 Dec 2018

2019 will be a pivotal year for consumer technology with the launch of the first 5G smartphones, advanced computational image capture, and resulting new vision-based AI consumer applications. The impact will be felt across the entire TMT value chain for the next decade and will fundamentally change the way people access and interact with content. This report depicts four trends that will shape the year to come.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

2019 Trends to Watch: Smart Home

By Michael Philpott 14 Dec 2018

The take-up of smart devices will continue to grow throughout 2019, but capitalizing on that growth remains a conundrum for service providers. They know that the sector has huge growth potential, but continue to struggle to identify a profitable strategy of their own.

Service Provider Technology

Telstra belongs in the 5G world leadership club

By Daryl Schoolar 14 Dec 2018

Telstra plans to launch 5G in 2019, making it one of the leaders in this space. Even before the actual launch, Telstra is already doing much of the hard work needed to make its 5G launch successful.

Service Provider Markets

Change at head of European wholesale revenue leaderboard as smaller players increase their market share

By David James 12 Dec 2018

For the second year in a row Ovum's annual analysis of European wholesale revenue shows a decrease in all sectors of the market.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

Iliad launches its high-end x-play product: Freebox Delta

By Michael Philpott 12 Dec 2018

Iliad has launched two new triple-play offers based on new digital home hardware: the Freebox One and its premium product, Freebox Delta. The latter is based around a gateway/media player combo that Ovum would say is one of the most advanced telco-supplied digital home setups currently on the market.

Consumer and Entertainment Services

Australia's AA Bill is the Five Eyes' first salvo on communications apps

By Pamela Clark-Dickson 11 Dec 2018

The AA Bill seeks to compel the communications industry to assist Australia's security and law enforcement agencies by allowing these agencies to monitor encrypted communications services.

Service Provider Markets

Zero roaming fees between Brazil and Chile could lead to retail price rises, but the effect should be limited

By Sarah McBride 07 Dec 2018

On November 21, 2018, Brazil and Chile signed an agreement to end international roaming charges between the two countries as part of a free trade agreement. Once the agreement has been in effect for two years, all roaming fees will be reduced to zero.

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