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01 August, 2019
Today’s operators are undergoing vast digital transformations to help shape their roadmaps for future innovation. That includes transforming existing networks to more virtualised environments and preparing for 5G. (more…)
22 August, 2018
At the TMF Digital Transformation World 2018 event, during Wipro’s demonstration of 5G catalyst related to planning and optimisation, the discussion veered towards the topic of how service providers could use different techniques beyond dynamic network changes to increase their resource utilisation, and how they could play a major role in strategic resource optimisation, writes Vinay Devadatta, the practice head of Innovation & Industry Relations at Wipro.
11 April, 2018
The embedded instrumentation market is witnessing double-digit growth due to increased demand from the automotive and telecommunication industries and the miniaturisation and complexities of electronic devices. Frost & Sullivan expects market revenues to reach $110.3 million (€89.14 million) in 2023, growing at a CAGR of 13.1% from 2016 to 2023. (more…)
01 December, 2017
Frost & Sullivan, the growth partnership company, is pleased to announce that it will host a live, complimentary webcast titled, “How Software is Driving Next-Gen Telecom Services,” on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Eastern Time. (more…)
16 November, 2017
TM Forum, the industry association driving digital business transformation of the communications industry, announced that more than 85 organisations have signed its City as a Platform Manifesto to accelerate the development of smart cities globally. (more…)
19 October, 2017
Vanilla Plus and Frost & Sullivan together have undertaken a survey in various OSS and BSS fields. As we saw in the Part 1 of the article, below are a set of questions and answers and also responses that are received for each one of it, along with a graphical representation. Today is the continuation of the remaining questions and answered.
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. They will support platforms | 59.15% | 42 |
| b. They will be the platform | 40.85% | 29 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
2. Hybrid virtual / physical networks are the order of the day for now. When will virtual networks (working combination of NFV, SDN, and Cloud) become the majority provider of services?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. 1 year | 9.86% | 7 |
| b. 3 years | 33.80% | 24 |
| c. 5 years | 47.89% | 34 |
| d. 7 years | 2.82% | 2 |
| e. 10+ years | 5.63% | 4 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
3. What becomes of the decades-long effort to reduce the need for Systems Integration Professional Services?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. It no longer applies, because virtual / physical network management is difficult and the pathway for enabling a hybrid architecture is uncertain, therefore the need for Services is accelerating | 11.27% | 8 |
| b. The need for Services will increase slightly in order to facilitate the compatibility of legacy and next-generation software solutions | 45.07% | 32 |
| c. Nothing has changed; services have always been part of any software implementation | 30.99% | 22 |
| d. Automating processes will reduce the need for Services | 12.68% | 9 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
4. Where is the most immediate network-based need for automation?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. Proactive parameter changes in the Radio Access Network | 11.27% | 8 |
| b. Self-healing core network | 15.49% | 11 |
| c. Self-healing broadband access network | 8.45% | 6 |
| d. Enterprise customer portal for self-provisioning & activation | 21.13% | 15 |
| e. Enterprise portal for Service Assurance and Service Level Agreement Enforcement | 2.82% | 2 |
| f. Fulfilling consumer services | 16.90% | 12 |
| g. Reconfiguring and activating/deactivation virtual network functions | 19.72% | 14 |
| h. Partner revenue management and compensation | 4.23% | 3 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
5. What is the most immediate business management need for automation?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. Customer self-care | 35.21% | 25 |
| b. Monetisation of hybrid network services | 15.49% | 11 |
| c. Accounting for virtual network licences | 4.23% | 3 |
| d. Increasing pricing flexibility to address changing market demands | 12.68% | 9 |
| e. Enabling and accounting for partner interactions | 4.23% | 3 |
| f. Product and service catalogue that supports partners and virtual network functions | 25.35% | 18 |
| g. Posting of customer service usage compared with commitment | 2.82% | 2 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
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19 October, 2017
Analysts at Frost & Sullivan have been working with VanillaPlus to find out from our readers about the difficulties facing communication service providers (CSPs) involved in digital transformation of their business and operations. We asked them to respond to 10 key questions and yesterday we reported on the first five. (more…)
18 October, 2017
Analysts Frost & Sullivan collaborated with VanillaPlus recently to ask our readers their thoughts on 10 key questions facing communication service providers (CSPs) involved in digital transformation of their business and operations. In a 2-part summary, Jeremy Cowan reports on the findings. (more…)
21 September, 2017
Sonus Networks, Inc. a global provider of solutions for secure cloud and real-time communications, has enhanced its network transformation solution. (more…)
26 April, 2017
There are three statements in this issue of VanillaPlus that go straight to the heart of the challenges that communications service providers (CSPs) face as they restructure, refine and realign their businesses for the era of virtualised network technology that supports new services. The statements are straightforward but mask a series of complex tasks that relate closely to each other (more…)
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