With TBR’s Telecom market and competitive intelligence research, examine telecom operator and telecom vendor markets as well as key industrywide trends and developments, such as 5G, edge computing, private networks, and the encroachment of hyperscalers into the telecom industry.
Understand operator business models, capital expenditure, subscriber metrics and next-generation technology adoption, with coverage spanning wireless, wireline, cable and enterprise markets. Access vendor customer demand analysis, portfolio analysis and competitive benchmarking.
Additionally, we are the leading resource for telecom infrastructure services (TIS) market research.
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Trends we’re watching in 2025:
- Evolution of cellular networks to 5G SA (stand-alone) and 5G-Advanced and how communication service providers (CSPs) will adopt these technologies
- Evolution of the AI market from the training phase to the inferencing phase and what this means for edge computing and the telecom industry
- How the market for private 5G networks is developing and when to expect greater scale in this market
- How the new political landscape in the U.S. and parts of Europe will impact the telecom industry
- Which GenAI use cases CSPs will prioritize to commercially deploy, and why
- How the telecom landscape will change from a new round of consolidation
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Current Market & Competitor Benchmarks:
- Private Cellular Networks Vendor Benchmark
- Telecom Infrastructure Services Benchmark
- Telecom Infrastructure Services Margin Benchmark
- U.S. Mobile Operator Benchmark
- U.S. Telecom Enterprise Operator Benchmark
- U.S. Telecom Operator Public Sector Benchmark
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Telecom
- AT&T
- Comcast
- Cisco Systems
- T-Mobile USA
- Verizon
- Ericsson
- Huawei
- Nokia
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