Telecoms operators should prioritise catalogue modernisation for agility and AI

Telecoms operators are under growing pressure to launch digital, enterprise and partner-led services faster, but many are held back by fragmented product and technical catalogues built around legacy siloes. Catalogue complexity has become a structural constraint on commercial agility and operational efficiency as portfolios expand and AI ambitions grow.

Information included in this report

• The root causes of catalogue fragmentation and why governance failures matter more than technology gaps
• A practical framework for federation, continuous rationalisation and the evolution towards executable catalogue control planes
• Clear recommendations on where AI can add near-term value to catalogue operations
• Analysis of vendor positioning and operator experience to help readers prioritise modernisation investments