CSPs could benefit from several opportunities in the probe systems market in the next 5 years

Communications service providers (CSPs) continue to focus on new network services and automation as networks become increasingly virtualised. Performance monitoring tools and systems (such as probes) will play a critical role in determining CSPs’ ability to create and deliver new 5G, edge and network slicing services with associated service-level agreements (SLAs).

CSPs’ spending on probe systems worldwide is expected to reach USD1.03 billion by 2027. In this article, we discuss the drivers of this growth as well as the challenges and opportunities for CSPs and the vendor ecosystem.