AI Inferencing Takes Center Stage at Red Hat Summit 2025
Red Hat Summit 2025 marked the company’s entry into AI inferencing with the productization of vLLM, the open-source project that has been shaping AI model execution over the past two years.
Entries by Michael Soper, Senior Analyst
Deployment Services in Telecom Face Post-5G Slowdown, Shifting Market Dynamics and Growth in Fiber Expansion
The deployment services market faces growing headwinds, including communication service provider (CSP) consolidation, open vRAN’s lower installation costs, and reduced demand for site location and construction (SL&C), offset somewhat by hyperscaler spend and 5G rollouts in select developing markets. Hyperscaler investments provide incremental volume to the market, and TBR notes these companies are increasing their investments in access technologies (e.g., Google Fiber).
MWC25: Disruptive Technologies and Business Models Create New Opportunities for the Mobile Ecosystem
Learn how the telecom industry intends to derive business outcomes from AI, how enterprises are progressing in their digital transformations and incorporating private networks, and where in the mobile ecosystem new value is being created and what telcos need to do to generate ROI from new opportunities.
Private Cellular Networks: Growth Drivers, Challenges and Opportunities Expected Through 2028
Learn which verticals are leading and lagging in PCN adoption, which ecosystem players are positioned to capitalized on market trends, and key growth drivers and detractors expected through 2028
Telecom Infrastructure Services Operating Margin Climbs as Shift to Maintenance Services Offsets U.S. Market Decline
Automation, analytics, AI and machine learning will prove critical to helping vendors improve margins. Examples include portions of Nokia’s AVA (Analytics, Virtualization and Automation) portfolio and Ericsson’s Operations Engine. However, with a significant portion of revenue coming from deployment services, RAN-centric vendors will be unable to expand overall telecom infrastructure services margins significantly.
Nokia’s Fixed Networks Unit Poised for Long-term Growth Despite Market Challenges
Nokia’s outsized and unique position in the broadband infrastructure ecosystem enables the company to play a key role in orchestrating partners and customers to achieve their objectives in the most optimal way possible. Fiber will remain the coveted access medium for high-speed broadband, but the world will also employ other broadband access mediums to a large extent.
Navigating the Post-peak 5G Era and Future Growth Opportunities in the Telecom Infrastructure Services Market
TBR Insights Live On Demand: Find out how 5G deployments and digital transformation initiatives are driving investment and higher spend in the telecom infrastructure services market.
MWC24: AI, Private Networks, Cloud, Network APIs and More
Learn how the telecom industry is embracing AI and other innovative technologies to achieve business objectives and outcomes. Join our exclusive deep dive into MWC24’s top takeaways.
Cisco Plunks Down $28B for Splunk to Accelerate Its Business Model Transition
Cisco’s plan to acquire Splunk reflects the need for deep-pocketed traditional IT vendors to shift their own business models to incorporate more subscription revenue streams.
Telecom Infrastructure Services Market Expectations Through 2027
Free webinar: Learn key growth drivers and detractors expected in the telecom infrastructure services (TIS) market through 2027 as well as how government spend and geopolitics will influence the TIS market and which vendors are positioned to capitalize on market trends