Industry insights
5G, massive cloud adoption, cybersecurity, IoT, big data and analytics, edge computing, and the digital experience will radically transform users’ requirements, disrupting the way regional service providers do business.
Some providers are turning to focus mostly on the infrastructure play, deploying high-capacity and low-latency backbone routes in specific regions to boost wholesale opportunities and increase company valuation. Others are targeting services evolution, developing advanced business solutions to increase customer loyalty and generate new revenue streams.
Either way, new technologies are enabling regional providers to leapfrog established competitors through smarter network architectures that allow higher flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
To boost business, regional service providers are investing in these areas:
- Network core modernization
- Mobile backhaul (Ethernet solution to integrate cell-sites of mobile network operators)
- Business services (Ethernet business services, SD-WAN, IP-MPLS, NFV)
- Metro aggregation
- Operational efficiency and digital transformation