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Communications Services

The communication services market is evolving at a remarkable rate. There is a definite shift from pigeon-holed, specific services provided by non-competing players in the value chain to a more competitive, inclusive ecosystem with organizations offering bundled, end-to-end solutions. This is characterised by the sophistication of technology and consumers’ willingness to pay for more integrated, service-centric solutions.

Frost & Sullivan’s Telecommunications research and consulting programs look evolutions of hardware and software, with focus on the services built on these technologies. This provides unique insights into the competitive dynamics of the market, detailed assessments of market opportunities, pricing strategies, demand trends, and technological developments, as well as applications and best practices for the industry. In the communications services market, we look at, among other segments:

  • Triple, Quad and Quint Play services
  • Operator and Network Provider Strategies
  • Technology Vendor Strategies
  • Regulatory Developments
  • Convergence with new technologies (cloud, mobile money)

We work closely with the world’s leading telecom firms, hardware manufacturers, service providers, OEMs and new age disruptors to build tailored, customized solutions provide clients with the best strategies for growth, supported by the right key data points researched to meet the client’s needs and the specific engagement. Our research spans broadly across the sector and provides deep insights into specific markets in the most significant areas of enterprise and consumer telecommunications industry.

  1. 07 Oct 2021  |  Europe

    Frost Radar™: European Managed SD-WAN Services Market, 2021

    A Benchmarking System to Spark Companies to Action - Innovation that Fuels New Deal Flow and Growth Pipelines

    The European managed software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) services market is in the growth phase of the product life cycle. Compared to other regions of the global managed SD-WAN services market, Europe ranks second, just behind North America. SD-WAN deployments have been increasing during the last 2 to 3 years in Europe, showing a prefer...

    $4,950.00
  2. 17 Sep 2021  |  Global

    Frost Radar™: Global SD-WAN Vendor Market, 2021

    A Benchmarking System to Spark Companies to Action—Innovation that Fuels New Deal Flow and Growth Pipelines

    At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) vendors witnessed a surge in demand for SD-WAN technology to extend to remote workers. The business case for doing so is solid. As businesses across industries are embracing the public cloud to host key applications, and with advances in residential broadband ...

    $4,950.00
  3. 15 Sep 2017  |  Global

    Reframing Smart Technology for the Smart City

    Smart Technologies Create a Platform for Smart City Vertical Applications

    Frost & Sullivan considers smart technology in the context of smart cities as espousing most elements of broader ICT definitions—hardware, software, and services. Put another way, smart technology serves as the connective tissue that binds the individual components, including home, office, mobile phone, and car, on a single, access-agnostic techn...

    $1,500.00
  4. 19 Dec 2016  |  Europe

    SDN and NFV for the Next-generation WAN

    An Insight into Orange Business Services Easy Go Offering

    Enterprise networks are increasingly challenged by the static nature of WAN as they need to keep up with the scalability and flexibility of cloud infrastructure, ever-increasing bandwidth and enterprise mobility requirements. Leading NSPs globally are incorporating software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) into th...

    $3,000.00
  5. 05 Dec 2016  |  Global

    Global Satellite Internet of Things (IoT) Market, Forecast to 2022

    Dynamic Vertical Markets Such as Oil and Gas and Aviation Spur Adoption for Satellite IoT and Provide New Growth Opportunities for S- and L-band Servi

    While only accounting for 25.5 million units globally in 2015, the satellite IoT market is expected to grow at a faster pace than any other satellite market. With a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.9%, this market will provide new growth and opportunities for mobile satellite service providers that have struggled with the stagnant developme...

    $4,950.00
  6. 14 Nov 2016  |  Europe

    Europe’s Real-Time Cities Revisited—Survey 2016

    The Quest for Commercial Sustainability of Smart City Initiatives Continues

    This 2016 Real-Time Cities survey monitors the focus areas of work, state of development, roadmaps, and opportunities for ICT solutions providers. It is a parallel survey to the 2015 Frost & Sullivan iteration, gathering inputs from mostly new participants. A true Real-Time City exploits its repositories of data as they are generated, along with ...

    $3,000.00
  7. 06 Jun 2016  |  Global

    Low Power Wide Area Network Operators

    An Alternative to Cellular Technology

    LPWAN stands for low power wide area network. The technology was started in about 2011 and remains an emerging radio technology for wireless networking solution. Unlike cellular networks, LPWAN uses unlicensed spectrum in the sub-1GHz frequency range such as 868MHz and 915MHz. Hence, the absence of spectrum fees allows LPWAN to be substantially low...

    $1,500.00
  8. 09 Sep 2015  |  Europe

    Analysis of the European MPLS/IP VPN Market

    MPLS VPN Demand Surges With Growing Multisite Connectivity and Secure Cloud Access

    The need for secure, private, multi-site connectivity is expected to create sustained demand for MPLS VPN solutions over the next 5 years. Further, as enterprises increasingly migrate to the cloud, MPLS VPN is expected to provide secure access to cloud-based applications. Populated with offerings from country telecom incumbents, pan-European operat...

    $4,950.00
  9. 01 Oct 2014  |  Global

    European Retail Carrier Ethernet Services Market

    Growing Demand for Enterprise Connectivity Will Drive the Growth for Ethernet Services

    The retail Ethernet services market refers to the provision of Ethernet for enterprises or business use. A moderate growth is expected in this market, driven by the increasing need for enterprise connectivity to access new applications such as cloud or conferencing services, as well as to connect to offices located across cities globally. While Wes...

    $4,950.00