Operators and vendors should prepare now for the shared industrial edge

This article draws on our report 'Edge and wireless private networks: use cases and strategies'. It highlights trends in private wireless and edge...

Western countries’ export restrictions on chips could derail China’s ambitious edge compute plans

The USA appears to be tightening its chip export restrictions to China at the same time that China is making substantial investments in 5G and edge...

South Korean operators’ enterprise revenue grew strongly in 2021 and they have ambitious plans for future growth

SK Telecom aims to treble its enterprise revenue from by 2025 and KT aims to generate half of its revenue from B2B and digital services by 2025 (up...

Etisalat has rebranded as 'e&' and will use fintech to achieve its goal of becoming a leading consumer player

Etisalat Group changed its brand identity to ‘e&’ in February 2022. It also created a new dedicated business unit, e& life, whose...

Gulf-based operators had mixed results in 1H 2021, but digital and ICT service revenue grew strongly

The June 2021 results showed signs of market recovery for all Gulf-based operator groups apart from Omantel and Zain. In this article, we analyse the...

Propositions for home workers could strengthen the case for converged 5G core roll-outs in the future

The pandemic has resulted in a surge in home working. Converged 5G core deployments and 5G residential gateways that can connect to such core...

Palo Alto Networks surpassed Cisco to become the largest network security vendor in 2020

This article explores the trends in the financial and operational metrics of the market-leading network security specialists – Check Point,...

GenAI winners and losers: the technology could upset the established order in the telecoms industry

GenAI could upset the established order in the telecoms industry. New, asset-light operators without legacy operations could have a significant cost...