A weak economy, continued high inflation and soaring energy prices (in some regions) will put pressure on business spending in 2023, which in turn will affect telecoms operators’ business divisions.

In this podcast, Tom Rebbeck (Partner), Catherine Hammond (Principal Analyst) and Ibraheem Kasujee (Analyst) discuss about the challenges and opportunities for operators' business divisions in 2023.

View our full predictions for the business telecoms market in 2023 here. 

Analysys Mason continues to track the SMB ecosystem and here are our top predictions for SMB technology trends in 2023. Vendors and operators can use these to help to reassess and refine their SMB strategies.

View our full SMB technology trends predictions here. 

In recent years, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria have become a key topic in business and in the popular consciousness, as demonstrated by Google search trends.

In this podcast Anurag Dey, one of Analysys Mason's consultants focused on ESG, and Larry Goldman (Chief Analyst), discuss the impact of these requirements for the telecoms, media and technology sector.

The associated article can be accessed here. 

The telecoms industry is coping with a changing economic climate while continuing to press for payoffs from investments in 5G, cloud and automation technologies.

In this podcast, Larry Goldman (Chief Analyst) talks with Research Directors Caroline Chappell, Caroline Gabriel and Justin van der Lande about their views on industry developments in 2023.

View our full predictions for the telecoms software and networks market in 2023 here. 

Analysys Mason recently completed a survey of SMB’s to capture their mindset about IT spending and overall economic sentiment. Larry Goldman (Chief Analyst) discusses the results with Bob Takacs – Research Director and head of SMB research. The related report can be found here.

Caroline Chappell (Research Director) and Martin Scott (Principal Analyst) define the metaverse and identify critical dependencies for its evolution and the roles that telecoms operators can play in its development.

The associated article can be accessed here. 

Few operators have yet to tailor their SD-WAN portfolios to the SME market. Those that can adapt their solutions and marketing to meet the needs of the SME segment have the potential to generate additional revenue and increase customer loyalty.

Catherine Hammond (Principal Analyst) and Tom Rebbeck (Partner) discuss the potential benefits that SD-WAN offers to many SMEs and the opportunity for telecoms operators.

The associated article can be viewed here.  

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Ericsson announced the sale of its IoT Accelerator and Connected Vehicle Cloud businesses to Aeris, a USA-based connectivity provider, on 7 December 2022.

Ibraheem Kasujee (Analyst) and Tom Rebbeck (Partner) discuss Aeris's bold move, and the challenge that it will face to turn the business into a profitable one.

View Analysys Mason's two related articles: article 1 | article 2. 

48% of all private LTE/5G networks in the public domain use 5G as of October 2022, up from 43% at the end of 2021.

Tom Rebbeck (Partner) and Ibraheem Kasujee (Analyst) discuss the emerging trends in the private LTE/5G market, such as who the main contractors are, what network technology is used, which sectors are deploying private networks and where such deployments are based.

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Large network operators have also been visibly addressing sustainability for several years. More recently, smaller operators have also started to turn their attention to sustainability concerns.

Ian Adkins, principal, and Larry Goldman, chief analyst, discuss implications for these smaller operators.