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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. 16 Mar 2022  |  North America

    US SD-WAN Enterprise Survey: Vertical Market Adoption Trends

    Optimizing IT Resources, Improved Business Productivity, and Improved Customer Experience Driving SD-WAN Adoption among US Verticals

    In this study, Frost & Sullivan provides a detailed analysis of the 2021 US SD-WAN survey conducted among enterprises in the US vertical markets on their preferences for SD-WAN. The survey respondents were the IT/network decision-makers from different verticals, including financial services, healthcare, retail, government, technology, and manufactu...

    $4,950.00
  2. 04 Mar 2022  |  Asia Pacific

    APAC NFV-based Virtual Network Services Growth Opportunities

    Enterprises are Increasingly Considering WAN Virtualization as Part of their Growth Strategies

    This report presents key findings on how the network function virtualization (NFV)-based virtual network services market is shaping up in the Asia-Pacific (APAC). The report talks about the key strategic imperatives for NFV-based virtual network services, examines the factors driving growth in the region, and identifies the key growth opportunities...

    $2,450.00
  3. 21 Dec 2021  |  North America

    North American Service Provider Edge Strategies and Growth Opportunities

    A Massive Amount of IoT Data, Sprawl of Distributed Users, and Growing 5G Deployment Drive Edge Services Adoption

    Edge computing refers to bringing computing and storage closer to where the data originates: at network gateways or directly at the endpoints. Numerous sensors and devices generate a massive amount of data every day that must be processed to derive real-time, actionable insights. This requires high bandwidth, uninterrupted connectivity, and shorter...

    $2,450.00
  4. 19 Nov 2021  |  North America

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

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

    The North American managed software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) services market is in the growth phase of the product life cycle. Across industries, businesses are embracing these services as an integral part of their WAN transformation strategy, largely to gain cost and operational efficiencies. In 2020, market revenues exceeded $2 billion,...

    $4,950.00
  5. 01 Nov 2021  |  North America

    2021 Latin American SD-WAN End-user Survey Analysis

    Enterprises Find Crucial Value in Aspects Directly- Related to Business Goals: Resource Optimization, Improved Business Efficiency

    The Latin American managed software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) services market is in the nascent phase of the product life cycle, but in the last two years enterprise decision makers in the region have equipped themselves with a much better understanding of the benefits that SD-WAN brings to enterprise WANs. SD-WAN is attracting the attenti...

    $4,950.00
  6. 16 Jul 2021  |  Asia Pacific

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

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

    The Asia-Pacific (APAC) managed software defined-wide area network (SD-WAN) services market is in the early growth phase of the product life cycle, but in the last few years connectivity and broadband speeds have seen major improvement across the region. In turn, businesses are increasingly moving towards hybrid clouds and want to deploy SD-WAN. Th...

    $4,950.00
  7. 02 Jul 2021  |  North America

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

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

    The Latin American managed software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) services market is in the nascent phase of the product life cycle. SD-WAN is attracting the attention of enterprises eager to leverage the business benefits the technology offers; for example, faster deployment of branch sites, cost savings from using private and public networks...

    $4,950.00
  8. 24 May 2021  |  North America

    The Coming of Age of NFV-based Virtual Network Services

    COVID-19 Forces Businesses to Re-evaluate Their WAN Virtualization Strategies

    As businesses embrace SD-WAN, they are quickly realizing that a holistic approach to enterprise WAN virtualization is critical, and several aspects of traditional WAN edge or branch infrastructure will need to change to make the WAN truly agileNFV-based virtual network services have been available in the market since 2016, with slow market adoption...

    $3,995.00
  9. 25 Feb 2021  |  North America

    Business Carrier Ethernet Services Market Update, United States, 2020

    Revenue Growth Rates Slowing Down as the Market Matures

    After several years of double-digit growth, business carrier Ethernet growth rates began to slow down in 2015, primarily due to market reaching a state of maturity and increasing pricing pressures. By 2017--2018 revenue growth rates were around mid-single digits and the market was still seeing migration from time-division multiplexing (TDM) private...

    $4,950.00
  10. 12 Feb 2021  |  North America

    Wholesale Carrier Ethernet Services Market Update, United States, 2020

    Revenue Growth Rates Slowing Down as the Market Matures

    After several years of double digit growth, the US wholesale Carrier Ethernet services market revenues growth rates began to slow down in 2015, primarily due to market maturity and slowing demand from mobile network operators completing 4G rollouts. By 2017-2018 revenue growth rates were around mid single digits and the market was still seeing mig...

    $4,950.00