White papers

• 6 April 2021
• Perspective
• Research

Open RAN has the potential to deliver many cost and agility benefits for mobile operators, but the technology and ecosystem are at an early stage. Thi...

• Caroline Gabriel

• 15 March 2021
• Perspective
• Research

A highly automated back office powered by a digitally transformed OSS will empower the front office, thereby enabling true end-to-end automation. CSPs...

• 25 January 2021
• Perspective
• Research

5G is expected to have an important contribution to make to achieving the socioeconomic goals of Kuwait’s Vision 2035. This white paper assesses...

• Caroline Gabriel

• 11 January 2021
• Perspective
• Research

The satellite industry is poised at the convergence of multiple trends from the wider ICT ecosystem. ...

• Prachi Kawade

• 7 January 2021
• Perspective
• Research

Most EU countries look set to miss targets for fibre access. This report has been commissioned by Huawei to describe the current status of, and case f...

• Rupert Wood

• 1 December 2020
• Perspective
• Research

CSPs are rolling out 5G networks that will enable a wide array of use cases and support innovative new services. Assurance for 5G networks and service...

• 29 October 2020
• Perspective
• Research

The availability of 5G spectrum is critical; without it, MNOs cannot deploy new networks. MNOs can use SuperDSS technology to launch 5G networks using...

• Caroline Gabriel

• 22 October 2020
• Perspective
• Research

Autonomous networks will be critical to making legacy operations lean and 5G successful. However, the journey to fully autonomous networks will be gra...

• Gorkem Yigit

• 22 September 2020
• Perspective
• Research

5G network slicing allows service providers to offer differentiated slice-based 5G services on a per-use-case basis at scale, and provides enterprises...

• 21 August 2020
• Perspective
• Research

This report looks at the factors that are driving extensive change in communications service providers' (CSPs’) approaches to monetisation, the ...