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Evan Kirchheimer
Research VP, Telco & Service Provider
Omdia
More than ever, questions are swirling the minds of service provider industry leaders. What does the successful service provider of the future look like? Is it a national utility, an agile partner in B2B, an owner of significant network infrastructure, or a brand delivering a distinct customer experience? Are your suppliers your future competitors? With some service providers re-fashioning themselves as TechCos, and others leaning further into their network heritage, what’s clear is that market and technology development across fixed, mobile and cloud are converging to enable a number of strategic options for the service providers of today.
There will never be one right answer to the questions above, but answering them in the way relevant for your stakeholders and customers requires an unprecedently amount of emerging tech and service awareness. At Network X we are bringing together the entire ecosystem of cloud providers, fixed and mobile network vendors, software players and integrators to enable you to make the most educated, informed choices as your business, and the entire industry, undergoes dramatic transformation.
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Julie Kunstler
Chief Analyst, Broadband Access Intelligence Service
Omdia
Broadband demand is growing across the globe. Alternative Network Operators continue to enter the market, building fiber-access network quickly, and thereby creating stiff competition to incumbent operators. Numerous cable operators are augmenting their coax networks with FTTP as they face competition or expand into new territories. Many incumbent operators are transforming themselves into more agile customer-centric service organizations, supporting residential subscribers with smart-home solutions and latency-sensitive, high revenue services.
The broadband ecosystem, the vendors that support broadband demand, are responding in-force with solutions that:
More than 25 equipment vendors sell PON OLT solutions today – a clear indicator of broadband’s multiplier effect. Come and see the broadband multiplier effect at Network X 2022.
Kris Szaniawski
Research Director - Service Provider Access, Software, Transformation
Omdia
Cloud-native architectures are increasingly a given, but we now also see an acceleration in the adoption of cloud-native functions and processes, the shift of workloads to the cloud, and partnering between telco heavy-hitters and the major cloud providers.
All operators are now having to figure out how to pursue network and telecoms IT cloudification strategies - having to decide on where to prioritize telco investment in cloud-native architectures, how to focus on the automation and agility required to support the shift to the cloud, decide on which telco workloads to host where, and last but not least transform operations processes so that IT and NetOps teams are better aligned.
In parallel, the major cloud providers are expanding their role in the telecom space, not just to host telco IT workloads or core network functionality, but also as strategic partners enabling cloud migration and digital transformation.
As the cloud migration ramps up it becomes ever more critical for service providers to take stock of what strategies to pursue, who to partner with and best practices to adopt. Hence the importance and timeliness of this Telco Cloud gathering in Amsterdam.
Evan Kirchheimer
Research VP, Telco & Service Provider
Omdia
Over three years since the earliest commercial 5G deployments, most would agree that we are still a significant distance from the point at which the full promise of 5G is fulfilled. Key enabling technologies are not yet fully mature, let alone widely deployed, and compelling consumer and business 5G services have yet to hit the market, with some exceptions.
Service providers are formulating and re-formulating 5G tech and services strategies to ensure that they get their fair share of the services which the new generation of mobile networks will make possible.
Will the transition to standalone 5G and concomitant network slicing capabilities offer the opportunity to provide real application and customer segment-based differentiation? How inevitable is Open RAN, or will an integrated single-vendor stack still be compelling in the new environment?
The evolution of the RIC promises to make operators’ lives easier, as does further penetration of AI and automation into the ‘far edge’ of the network. But are providers prepared to tackle the challenge of the metaverse, as they explore how immersive apps interweave with 5G, WiFi, private networks and fixed services? Are service providers to partner to approach B2B opportunities, and how will the imperative to green their networks square with the requirement to achieve 5G coverage and density and to enable the 5G Edge?
Meet the wider team of Omdia analysts who are part of Network X:
The Omdia analysts will be on hand to speak to all delegates at Network X
