White papers

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

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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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Open RAN could deliver up to 30% TCO savings for operators with the right platform strategy and skill set

Total cost of ownership (TCO) reduction is often the most desired objective for implementing Open RAN architecture, but at the same time the most deba...

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Assuring multi-access edge computing (MEC)

Multi-access edge compute provides great flexibility. It creates an open platform on which open RAN and new enterprise services for 5G can be delivere...

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Capabilities and limitations of non-GEO constellations

The satellite industry is in the midst of the largest transformation since the inception of satellite communications over five decades ago....

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Creating the next-generation telecoms operations platform

Next-generation operations systems need to address the multi-domain and dynamic infrastructure on which increasingly complex 5G services are being off...

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Assuring 5G and cloud edge applications

Automated active assurance for 5G networks is vital for communications service providers (CSPs) to enable end-to-end automation of key service assuran...

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Operator edge-native clouds can provide a unified compute fabric for multiple networks and use cases

A highly distributed and ubiquitous edge-native compute fabric will be needed to host new edge-native services that will deliver the next generation o...

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