White papers

In this section, you will find free white papers and thought leadership to download.

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Survey results report on OSS closed-loop automation

In this report, we analyse the results of a survey of communications survey providers (CSPs) regarding closed-loop automation. All CSPs consider close...

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Telecom–satcom digital network integration: the keys to new market opportunities

This perspective report by Northern Sky Research (NSR) (an Analysys Mason company) analyses the market opportunity for satellite and telecoms players ...

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Building operator NaaS platforms: the crucial role of cloud-native, disaggregated IP networks

In the new era of cloud connectivity, enterprises need to connect a multitude of clouds, applications and end users to each other in a timely and agil...

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Data center network automation for CSPs: key trends, challenges and requirements for the cloud-native networking era

Data center automation is becoming a strategic imperative for all communication service providers (CSPs) as a result of the increasing roll-out of 5G ...

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The A-to-Z of SaaS purchasing

SaaS is typically perceived as being more expensive over the lifetime of deployment, but this does not reflect all of the benefits of SaaS and may ove...

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Space cybersecurity – current state and future needs

This perspective explores the unique needs of the space sector and satellite networks, the challenges brought by new disruptions and the solutions ava...

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CSPs’ B2B success will be defined by the flexibility of their commercial models

The enterprise segment has emerged as a beacon for new revenue growth and differentiation as CSPs confront the challenges of declining revenue from tr...

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NSR satellite and space market survey: war in Ukraine and Russian economic sanctions impacts

This report summarises the results of a survey on the impacts of the war in Ukraine and Russian economic sanctions on the satellite and space industry...

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RCS Business Messaging opportunities for operators

Many businesses use messaging channels including SMS to communicate with their customers. Indeed, around 1.8 trillion application-to-person (A2P) mess...

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Optical distribution networks of the future: pre-connectorised and digitalised

FTTP operators must look to evolve their optical distribution networks (ODNs) in order to reduce costs, speed up deployments and improve customer expe...

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