As more people worked remotely during the early stages of the pandemic, operators shifted investment to fixed infrastructure underpinning home broadband connections. Looking to 2022, we’ll see renewed focus on the growth of 4G and time spent on evaluating the most pragmatic ways to add capacity and capability into 5G deployment plans. We see three major trends in the market…
Convergence and delivery are key themes that are going to drive the telecoms industry in 2022. Convergence is underway, across multiple sectors, as we head towards a single, unified cloud architecture for service delivery. Delivery, too, is accelerating, as operators finally begin to deploy 5G Standalone networks at scale - and consider investments in O-RAN to complement or replace legacy…
Location-based intelligence provides value for modern organizations in a myriad of ways. Strategic analysis, targeted marketing, and trend monitoring are just a few areas where this information can provide value within an organization. The adaption of location-based intelligence is becoming increasingly more essential with trends such as real-time data available with 5G connections, the rise of Artificial Intelligence, data security, and…
As a key part of its focus on rebuilding America’s infrastructure, the Biden administration is aiming to accelerate closing the country’s persistent digital divide. The FCC’s current $9.2 billion Rural Development Opportunity Fund is being significantly augmented by up to $100 billion in additional funding as part of the Save America Act and Build Back Better legislation. This massive capital…
The year 2021 in telecom was not only marked by the lingering effects of the pandemic but also by emerging technological trends that are likely to develop and shape the entire industry into something new within the next five years. The most fundamental of them is the ongoing competition between telecom operators and the big tech in the world of…
Here's what is going to drive growth in the OTT space Nothing has shown the importance of video streaming more than the current Covid-19 pandemic, during which billions of people around the world remained at home, glued to their screens. With global industry sales for OTT reaching US$ 332.5 by 2025, and big names like Netflix, HBO, Disney, and Amazon…
If history is a guide, it takes about six years from first mention of a generation of mobile technology to when it becomes mainstream. And just like that, 5G is no longer the future. With 200-plus networks in service at the beginning of 2022, 5G has moved from lab to field to operational networks supporting billions of subscribers. With 5G…
The telecom industry is navigating multi-dimensional disruption. From emerging technologies, markets and competitors to a pandemic that has accelerated the reinvention of telecom monetization. Where will we find ourselves this time next year? Here are five trends I believe will shape our industry over the next 12 months. #1: MVNOs and digital brands re-emerge as market a catalyst - create…
There’s an inherent truth that many are missing when it comes to enterprise transformation: data plays a central role in tackling business challenges. Take, for example, the case study of a transportation association my company has been working with for the better part of a decade. The relationship started when Maven Wave migrated the entire organization to Google Workspace. A…
If the pandemic taught the Telecom industry anything, it’s that a digital transformation is the key to their future survival. With the sheer number of new digital services coming onto the market and the subsequent demand that it will place on the mobile network, 2022 will be a year of network transformation, service innovation and security advancements. #1: Digital Transformation…
While the origin story of the term "cloud computing" is still not set in stone, many of us agree that "the cloud", as we currently think about it, "began" sometime in 2006. This was the year Amazon launched a number of web-based services including storage, with Google and others quickly following suit. Over the past 15 years, the cloud has…
Application development has evolved over the years – it started with developers writing applications on mainframe computers which, a few decades later gave way to decentralized and use of 3-tier architectures (web tier, app tier and data base tier). The latest trend is to write applications into cloud native architectures. In the last few years, we have seen that the…
As we enter 2022 and our third year of the pandemic, it is easy to recognize that how we live, work, learn, and play has changed forever. Our world has become increasingly digitalized and broadband connectivity is critical to ensuring access to education, healthcare, and participation in the global economy - no matter where you live. Service providers and enterprises…
Wireless networking innovation will continue in 2022, despite the on-going upheavals that began at the start of this decade. The aim remains to create greater flexibility in how IT teams deploy, configure, and manage an increasing array of wireless networking technologies and opportunities for the benefit of the enterprise. With this in mind, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, expects…
As COVID-19 continues its firm hold worldwide, 5G investment has persisted. According to GSMA Intelligence, 5G will account for 21% of mobile internet connections by 2025, up from less than 10% in 2020. This rise in adoption will be driven by mobile operators, who are expected to dedicate more than 80% of their capital expenditure to build 5G infrastructure between…
Last year brought about a significant number of changes affecting mobile advertising, and it looks like 2022 may be even more dramatic. As more state, federal, and international governments enact consumer privacy acts and companies make drastic changes regarding how they protect consumers’ privacy, it’s definitely not business as usual in the mobile ad business. Marketers are having to completely…
When it comes to protecting corporate data, the pandemic created a host of new challenges. Employees are increasingly working remotely, and organisations are likely to continue supporting remote work for at least two more years. To complicate things further, attacks on networks are increasing, and several reports find that remote workers increase corporate security risks. To put it mildly, 2021…
With the introduction of 5G, telecommunications has shown immense growth over the past year. According to the Telecoms Global Market Report, the market is expected to reach $3461.03 billion in 2025 at a CAGR of 6%. But currently, the industry is at an inflection point. The innovation of the devices themselves have shown very little change in design or technology…
As we move into 2022, practicality is emerging as a key theme for IoT. While early IoT development focused on tinkering with a bunch of cool ideas to see what stuck - and there is still plenty of that - IoT innovators are now focusing on developing solutions they can bring to market quickly that derive real benefit for both…
Open RAN has been a hot topic in the digital space for many years. In 2021, it got hotter. A year where everyone saw the world truly adapting to the new normal, 5G adoption was at the highest. The network creators across the world invested more heavily in open technologies. So much so that Dell'Oro Group revised the Open RAN…
IoT has been a key catalyst in driving the ongoing datafication and digitization of society in novel and amazing ways. From self-driving cars to autonomous manufacturing robots, and remote medical devices/equipment that facilitate doctors to diagnose patients and even carry out surgeries, all thanks to these inflating networks of connected things. According to a report by Statista, there will be…
Governments and enterprises are becoming increasingly reliant on the cloud as the foundation for their digital transformations. The advent of sensor technologies makes any device an intelligent one, enabling millions of data points to be transferred in real time from local sites to the cloud for aggregation, processing, analysis and storage. Edge compute adoption is on the rise, as enterprises…
For telcos, a post-pandemic focus on customer experience and personalization, a proliferation of new digital tools, and identifying new revenue streams top the list of priorities. Twelve months, and more than one lockdown ago, it wasn’t hard to predict continued uncertainty for both the global economy and the telco industry due to the (then) continuing global Coronavirus pandemic. That reality…
In a 2021 ACG Research report, service providers were asked to estimate the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of capacity in various segments of their networks through 2025. The results ranged from 39% in submarine networks to 46% in residential broadband. Elevated traffic growth has been the norm throughout the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and this data…
Over the last 19 months, many organisations have been forced to rethink how they engage with customers to meet rapidly shifting consumer preferences in the face of massive disruptions. As a result, we observe more customers demanding a highly personalised experience from their interactions with businesses. In particular, customer channel fragmentation has become the new normal, with more touchpoints and…
COVID-19 has upended the way we work and transformed how companies engage with their customers. Businesses accelerated their digital transformation, adopting a wide range of digital channels - video chat, chatbots, app-based messaging and calling - to reach their customers. For many, changes that had initially been deemed “temporary”, quickly became permanent. One of these is how crucial customer experience…
As we look toward 2022, a convergence of influencing factors is driving the rapid advancement of technology innovation. In 2020, digital transformation engagements advanced at an accelerated pace to enable the survival of many companies and for the global population to work, learn, and live. Consequently, COVID-19 spotlighted the long-standing fact that billions of people across the globe have no…
This year holds a lot of promise for innovation and opportunity in telecommunications, thanks to fledgling services harnessing 5th Generation networks. Despite some challenges with 5G rollouts, we’re seeing the inevitable march of progress. 5G is now accessible or will be soon, for large populations of the world. As 5G matures, we’ll begin to see exciting new possibilities. Here are…
As we enter the third year of the pandemic, it has never been more clear the importance of our highly reliable, secure and scalable wireless and wireline networks allowing us to remain connected with our friends, families and co-workers. Yet we are at a unique point in our industry where new technologies and innovative applications are enabling people and businesses…
In 2022, companies will finally start to pay attention to the critical role that their network management team plays. A company’s overall success depends on whether their network and infrastructure are working efficiently and effectively, enabling the company’s employees to succeed, regardless of whether they’re in a central office or working remotely. As the industry focus shifts from arbitrary service…
We heard this phrase in the broadband community a lot in 2021: bridging the digital divide. With President Biden’s Infrastructure Bill shining a national spotlight on the issue by earmarking $65 billion for broadband upgrades, the COVID-19 pandemic bringing broadband access to the forefront of the work-from-home conversation, and RDOF funding aiding the effort to connect more homes, the topic…
The networks of Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are becoming more dynamic in line with the requirements of constant change in network parameters and configurations to meet customer expectations. Today, the ultimate goal of CSPs is to become digital service providers (DSPs), exposing their network to on-demand consumable services: flexible, fast to provision and manage, with tailored quality of service and…
As cloud based communications become more of the natural fabric of business communications infrastructure, data networking is bound to evolve. Public clouds such as AWS and Azure are being used now to run many different types of enterprise applications, which means like it or not, interaction with these public clouds is occuring within the enterprise. These large public clouds are…
This article was contributed by Setplex, a leading provider of highly-scalable, low latency IPTV/OTT solutions. OTT advertising is more than just a trend in today’s entertainment world. It is a powerful channel for marketing. As the right customers can be targeted through better segmentation, it’s less expensive than traditional TV advertising and much more effective. That being said, if you…
As we wrap up this year and look to the future of 2022, here are some predictions for how the past two years will continue to shape the landscape of the networking industry. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the permanent shifts in how people work and connect will continue to shape us and increase the demand for cybersecurity…
2021 will, like 2020, be remembered as a pandemic year. But 2021 saw a phenomenon that was less present in 2020. Digitalization. What started in 2020 exploded in 2021 with the standardization of systems and processes designed to keep people apart. When people are physically separated, they will find ways of communicating, working and playing together from a distance. That…
2021 was DEFINITELY the year of the public cloud in telco. Major deals were announced, new services launched, new locations added and there was a pretty cool showcase of the cloud out in Barcelona you might have heard about…. so what’s in store for 2022? I’m going to get out my crystal ball, take a look into the future and…
As we look ahead to 2022 and what the future holds for the data networking industry, we have some thoughts and predictions for areas that we think will continue to grow and change to adapt to the current climate. Following a continued global pandemic with permanent shifts in how people work and connect, the telecom industry needs to look at…
No matter where you look, 2022 will be a banner year for fiber deployments. Record amounts of federal and state funding are flowing into new fiber deployments while service providers of all stripes are investing their own capital in response to consumer demand and local market competition. Even MDU property owners are investing in fiber as residents seek 21st century…
What does the future of data networking look like in 2022? If the past two years are any indicators, we are entering a challenging year where supply chain issues, the impact of unforeseen variants, and a recovering global economy will set the stage. Next year will be about continuing to build resiliency and cloud native computing to the edge. Increased…
The last two, pandemic-hit, years have brought about an exponential change in the way we live, work and play. The rise of remote working had long been forecast, but a global pandemic turned forecasts into widespread reality much faster than we predicted and, in many cases, before the networks were really ready. As we learn to live with the consequences…
In 2021, 5G networks were launched across the world. It is now predicted that operators will spend 80% of sector capex on 5G over the coming five years - meaning 5G will reach 45% of the global population. Undeniably, expectations on what this technology can deliver are extremely high; consumers and businesses alike are hoping for far more reliable connectivity…
This article is co-authored by Alix Burge. For years now, telcos have had declining revenue - and 5G will not be their saving grace. Because they must replace around half of their revenue every ten years, telcos must change course and find new sources of income. However, across the western world, government regulations have limited telecommunications companies from increasing revenue…
The pandemic remained an ongoing challenge for the telecommunications sector in 2021. Over the course of its march through the turbulent times, Open RAN set its position at the tip of the connectivity spear in Europe, as it gained the support of largest telecommunications operators and became recognised as the key to building a competitive market in Europe. However, if…
The advent of a pandemic combined with 5G created the perfect storm in 2021. As most of the world learned to adjust to lockdowns and work from home, operators raced to meet new requirements for capacity and responsiveness. Digitalization projects went from idea to actuality at lightning speed just to keep pace. At the same time, the deployment of 5G…
5G isn't the future anymore - it's here now. Ericsson estimates that 2 billion people worldwide have access to some type of 5G network (whether the standard or millimeter-wave varieties). With that, operators are still in the preparation phase, getting ready to provide the services to industry and enterprises, especially automated and smart manufacturing facilities, which are eagerly awaiting for more options and features like…
The turbulence of recent years has seen drastic realignment across sectors, forcing the entire world to navigate these new waters and rethink business models, workflows and life as a whole. From automation to supply chains and virtual boardrooms, the newly emerging landscape is enabled by evolving telecommunication technologies and powered by the cloud. As migration to the cloud skyrockets and…
Two words best summarize the 2021 mobile market: It’s complicated. One of the trends driving the market right now - a prolonged global pandemic that continues to wreak havoc on supply chains around the world - shows little sign of abating. TrendForce reported that Apple faces significant component shortages, including 4G SoCs, low-end 5G SoCs and display panel driver ICs. Between…
2021 was another year in which we truly realized the extraordinary value of our digital infrastructure. It kept us connected, collaborating and producing through challenging times, and will continue to do so in 2022. But this heightened dependence has increased risks. As our means of production become increasingly virtualized, the attack surface for hackers grows. As a result, 2022 will…
The past two years have seen the enterprise IT market pivot. In the face of business disruption, digital transformation became a necessity, and cloud solutions surged as the world connected in new ways. While the transformation seen in 2020 was in the face of a global lockdown, 2021 saw more developed strategies as businesses continued to evolve their operations and…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has received a lot of hype for years now, and more is coming in the telecom domain because AI and streaming analytics have become central to operators’ success with 5G due to the increased complexity from a growing number of connected devices, a more diverse multivendor ecosystem, significantly higher data volumes, and the distribution of data from…
An insatiable demand for data is driving network transformation toward an increasingly cloudy future. Cloud-native applications are inching closer to the edge of the network, requiring more compute functionality in the cloud to enable higher speeds and lower latency. Yet, as cloud adoption gains traction, the future of data networking isn’t so clear. What’s beyond the cloud? And can providers…
As the global economy embarks on a strong recovery post-pandemic, the transition to digital platforms is gathering speed. With the acceleration of video streaming services, advent of employers adapting to a remote workforce, and proliferation of video conference meetings as the new normal for the foreseeable future, an urban structural transformation will emerge, spreading population centers and work to smaller…
Edge Computing, the discipline of getting actionable data and information as close to the source of their availability as possible, is no longer simply a talking point for massive industries. The quickly evolving landscape of information itself has dictated that edge computing become a necessity for most business’ digital infrastructure in the foreseeable future. Let’s examine some of the remarkable…
When it comes to digital transformation, the old adage ‘new year, new me’ is a fitting description of the way that many evolving organizations look ahead and plan for enhanced success when the New Year rolls around. After 2021’s rapid changes - brought on by lingering disruption from global pandemics and a race to preserve competitive advantages while empowering new,…
Businesses and their contact centers around the globe have been changing at a rapid pace, focused heavily on enhancing the digital experience for both their customers and the agents that serve them. Part of this change involves contact center teams adopting new methodologies and software tools into their operations to ensure a more positive customer journey. In 2020, the global…
This article is co-authored by Ric Johnsen. The most important trends driving broadband networks in the coming year are a natural extension of the progress and challenges we’ve seen in 2021. In particular, the global response to COVID-19, building momentum in network investments, and continued innovation in broadband technology are all contributing to the next phase of evolution in broadband.…
The media industry expects an ever-faster rollout of new capabilities, driven by the pace of the competition and, to a large extent, by the new era of streaming service providers. To achieve speed and cost-effectiveness the public cloud is quickly becoming the optimal approach for telcos, TV operators, and other media businesses to deploy new media services. Research from Markets…
Last year, as we attempted to remain ahead of the curve, we anticipated the shift to open, disaggregated networking, especially by offloading networking and security functionality to programmable hardware, which is more efficient and higher performance than CPUs and more flexible and long-run cost-effective than ASICs. Heading into 2022, the curve that lies ahead of us still relies heavily on…
A couple years back, you might have heard analysts proclaim 2020 as “Year of the Cloud.” Others said the same about 2021. Still others are saying it now about 2022. Regardless of how you award the title, you have to appreciate the underlying trend: cloud remains a pervasive, disruptive force, transforming practically all aspects of business IT. But one area…
Due to the pandemic, we’ve spent the past two years ushering in new ways of doing things. Sales teams have learned how to connect with business partners and customers online, project managers virtually oversee execution from remote sites, and engineers can determine the right system architecture via video calls. One thing these modifications all have in common is that they…
The rapid rollout of 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) and the eagerness of consumers to embrace it in their homes via a shared cloud that provides unlimited storage for both mobile and the home devices will deliver to operators an opportunity to unlock significant revenue streams while increasing their relevance and relationships with customers. How? The positive impact on customer…
2021 was a wild one for the 5G market. It was kind of like a roller coaster; exciting and ultimately rewarding, but also filled with a lot of unexpected twists and turns. Particularly for applications like private 5G, the markets became something of a battleground for a diverse set of competitors, each with their own business model and agenda. Even…
For business leaders, the past two years have been among the most disruptive and unpredictable on record. Not only have they had to navigate their businesses through rapidly changing circumstances and adapt in order to survive, but they’ve also had to do so in a way that is sustainable and creates a foundation for the so-called new normal. This has…
#1: Ecosystems will evolve from ‘partners display’ to ‘ecosystem solutioning’, forcing partners to have skin in the game Undoubtedly, 2021 was the year in which building a partner ecosystem became mainstream. The issue however is that many of the partner offers are little more than eye-candy on an eCommerce or AppStore, resulting in very limited real value being added -…
A recent report shows that only 34% of network management professionals are completely satisfied with the tools and processes they use for network configuration management. That is a strong indicator of a tumultuous set up for the year ahead. Most enterprise IT organizations struggle with network and cloud infrastructure configuration management and worry that their networks will fail configuration compliance…
In 2022, Crypto, Satellite Communications, MCX and 5G will make steady progress, while 6G and Web3 will just be sound bites. Dusting off the crystal ball is not getting any easier for each coming year. On the contrary, getting a clear picture out of it is becoming more challenging every year. We live in times when distortion - err, trends…
5G. IoT. Smart Cities. AI. All the industry buzzwords that have been gaining steam will be on full display in 2022 and beyond as enterprises and service providers look to harness the growing tide of data that is passing through their networks. Some technologies have plenty of runway left, however, some enterprises may already be rethinking choices they made just…
If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that Internet connectivity has enabled us to do amazing things. Whether it’s scientists collaborating to develop vaccinations at lightning speed, the ability to shop for almost anything online, or immediately shifting most of the world’s workforce to work-from-home, the power of connectivity has helped get us through some very difficult…
This article is provided by Alepo Technologies. As the scope for digital engagement evolves and operators migrate to cloud-based infrastructure, what’s in store for 2022? The pandemic has underlined the need for network transformation globally. More interactions have moved online: consumer and enterprise customers are increasingly choosing digitally enabled sales and self-care options. This rapid shift has accelerated the need…
While the pandemic of the past two years brought a nightmarish situation to the world, it nevertheless helped service providers to realize that to keep up with the demands put on their networks, a network transformation is not only necessary, but also urgent and critical. Though service providers activities have grown in volume, with data traffic increasing more than a…
Open Radio Access Networks (RAN) has crossed the chasm from beginner to expert. According to Dell’Oro Group, cumulative Open RAN revenue from 2020 to 2025 could be as high as $15 billion, with Open RAN revenues accounting for more than 10% of the overall RAN market by 2025. Growth drivers for Open RAN continue to be 5G technology adoption and…
If 2021 was about digital transformation hitting adolescence but not quite maturity and 5G starting to tilt revenues upwards, then 2022 is going to see increased focus on the digitalisation of the customer experience though the start of hyper-personalisation activities. Tied in with the roll out of SA 5G, we should see B2B and enterprise teams in CSPs invest in…
