"Gartner consider the 20 suppliers listed in the report to be representative of the CSP CM&X solutions market as they represent a wide variety of solutions, offering different portfolios, deployment/ implementation approaches and focus areas for various segments of CSPs. However, there are many more suppliers with appropriate offerings for various CSP requirements"...

As 5G network deployments continue to ramp up, communications service providers (CSPs) continue to look for new ways to extract value from their core networks and radio access networks (RANs). A vital element of this exercise will be how to achieve further service differentiation from previous mobile generations such as 4G. While this process will be gradual, the 5G core (5GC), which adopts a services-based architecture (SBA) that supports application programming interface (API) exposure, will drive the next wave of mobile service innovation. Two key components critical to the process of monetizing 5G innovative services are policy control and charging...

As communications service providers (CSPs) continue to embrace cloud services, they must also look inward and assess how this shift will transform their existing operational processes. A key component of this assessment process is documenting the operational and design impact on business support systems (BSS) and their ability to support cloud key performance indicators (KPIs) and open application programming interfaces (APIs) in an Open Digital Architecture (ODA) environment...

STL has been recognized as an Enabler for enhanced partner ecosystem support in digital marketplaces in the 2021 Gartner® report, Market Trend: Expand CSPs' Monetization with 5G, AI, Edge Compute. The report also identifies STL as a BSS vendor offering 5G CHF, for developing and promoting new pricing levers for monetization...

In the first part of this whitepaper series, we discussed how an enterprise marketplace could prove to be a panacea for telcos' digital transformation woes. We also discussed, at length, numerous use cases that can be explored using the enterprise marketplace, such as, IoT-as-a-Service, SD-WAN-as-a-Service and virtualized RAN-as-a-Service...

With increasing digitization and proliferation of IP networks, use of SIP protocol to provide IP telephony services has seen a steady rise. In IP telephony networks, call continuity in the event of a failover is of primary importance...

Analysing the role of digital marketplace solutions in helping CSPs compete effectively and create true differentiators in a dynamic industry thats being steered by digital transformations. The need for communication service providers (CSPs) to look beyond traditional voice and data services have become more urgent and imminent than ever before. To stay relevant and compete effectively, they would need to diversify and take the plunge into new age digital services and explore relatively under penetrated customer segments, such as the enterprise segment...

Intelligent edge refers to the analysis of data and development of solutions at the site where the data is generated. Rather than constantly delivering data back to the central server, edge-enabled devices or nodes can gather and process data in real-time, allowing them to respond faster and more effectively. This technology reduces latency, costs, and security risks, thus making the associated business more efficient...