The year 2022 saw 5G becoming a ground reality from being imminent for many countries. As nearly  100 countries have rolled out the next-generation network last year, this year will be more about its proliferation. Estimated to have more than a billion active users already, 5G is proving the hype around it to be true. The year 2023 will see companies that primarily depend on telecom network battle for early adoption and market supremacy. While OTT, gaming, and sports industries are typically the center of discussion on 5G, digital advertising is another front that will gain tremendously f ..read more

With recent developments in Europe vis-à-vis Russia and Ukraine, energy prices have been soaring. With winter upon the continent, this energy inflation is set to continue. The primary cause for increased energy cost is due to increased crude oil prices by 350 percent, from April 2020 to April 2022—the largest increase for any equivalent two-year period since the 1970s oil crisis. Studies show that the annual energy inflation rate in the EU (European Union) has reached 41.1% (as of July 2022), which is 14.1 percent up from the start of this year. These energy prices affect every citizen of the ..read more

Today, telcos are steadily moving forward with cloud adoption and have established strategies for moving their considerable workloads to the cloud. According to MarketsandMarkets research, the global telecom cloud market size is expected to grow to $52.3 billion by 2026. This rising trend of adoption has been driven by a need for agility. Telcos must launch their offerings faster, increase productivity, and achieve better outcomes from technology initiatives. Are cloud costs affecting your budgets, explore the key considerations for FinOps in Telecom in our latest blog. #DigitalFoundation #Tel ..read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened India’s first 5G testbed on May 17 and launched — along with US President Joe Biden — the India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) at the Quad Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo a week later. This new initiative demonstrates that modern India’s digital technology will deliver trust and transparency, ensuring last-mile connectivity. The Modi government considers the development of the 5G technology stack a key initiative with commercial launches of 5G networks planned for September across 13 cities in India. Enhanced mobile broadband is expected ..read more

Overview 5G technology has been making headlines over the past few years, generating huge buzz in the world of sports, music, and entertainment. In fact, forecasts predict 5G subscriptions to reach 4.4 billion globally by the end of 2027. However, they come at a high cost for communication service providers (CSPs). As the world swiftly moves toward 5G-enabled environments, CSPs are moving away from legacy systems and seeking a more cohesive communication stack that can be fully cloud-native and will improve upon speed and agility as a part of their overall strategy. After investing billions in ..read more

Theworld was a different place in July 2016, when the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) began working on 5G technology. Unlike previous upgrades, this release represented a complete redesign of the existing network infrastructure. As a result, more than five years later, the technology is still struggling to reach widespread adoption. The good news for Telecommunication Service Providers (TSPs) is that deployments are close at hand if they find the right technology services partner.    5G technology is driving the development of the next phase of network ..read more

The telecommunications industry is very innovative and highly competitive. Thus, to stay relevant, businesses must adapt themselves to the latest industry trends. In 2021, technological changes and digital transformation in telecom have become prominent. Disruption of previously efficient models is happening in the telecom sector. Still, many of these models are no longer valid in the telecommunications industry. TM Forum's Open Digital Framework (ODF) provides a migration path from legacy IT systems and processes to modular, cloud-native software using AI. The TM Forum is one such global asso ..read more

What is Edge computing? Edge computing brings computing power closer to the user, where decisions are made in real-time or near real-time. The edge network is based on 5G technology that provides the foundation for this distributed architecture by delivering solutions such as network slicing, auto-scaling and Service Management & Orchestration. These capabilities are needed for a variety of vertical use-cases like autonomous transportation systems, live streaming events, industrial operations, emergency response systems, remote healthcare, traffic controls, and more. Recent research conduc ..read more

Co-authored by: Wishrant Mukesh Tuli A deluge of unstructured data presents a complex challenge for enterprises to uncover underlying business value.  While it is usually lauded as the next fuel, on its own, data has no power. The exhilarating industry-wide rise in digital transformations have increased the IoT numbers and accelerated data generation. But, that would only fill data centers and elevate expenditures rather than bring success; until businesses decide to use them. The good news is that big data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled software are pervading into th ..read more

Whenever we talk about trends in the telecom industry, Edge Computing is one of the most named technologies and rightly so! As per a research, by 2025, 75% of enterprise data will be processed at edge devices, compared to only 10% today. Edge computing brings the processing of computing resources closer as compared to traditional & cloud data centers, such that actions can take place in response to analysis of that data. This helps to reduce the latency substantially and decrease the demand for network bandwidth in addition to a host of other benefits. The edge device ecosystem is compris ..read more