Telco Cloud for Vendors: A Blueprint for Success

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“Telco cloud will be characterised by ecosystems and partnerships.”

In a previous report, we looked at how CSPs have an opportunity from distributed cloud-native networks, where the edge is everywhere. We explored what the new telco edge looks like and what the future cloud network needs to look like to drive revenue for telcos.

In this follow-on report, we look at the key characteristics that vendors and suppliers must deliver for a successful Telco Cloud. We look at what needs to be in place to allow all types of CSP to benefit from cloud-native networks and the key characteristics of vendor solutions that are needed to meet this.

This report is part of a set – with a separate blueprint for operators detailed here.

This Research Note is published within our Distributed Cloud Infrastructure Management and Operator Strategy & Vision research modules, and is available free to subscribers of those modules, via their Appledore Digital Locker.

Description

In our report on CSPs in the telco cloud we identified that all CSPs will have unique journeys to the telco cloud with four distinct CSP types: Disruptors, Challengers, Adpoters and Followers. This report looks at what vendors must do to participate in developing ecosystems with Disruptors and/or what ecosystem frameworks needs to be in place to allow Followers (of any speed) to easily adopt the telco cloud.

The key characteristics have been developed based on the practical knowledge gained deploying the world’s first cloud-native network in Rakuten Mobile in Japan.

This report will form the basis for an evaluation of distributed cloud infrastructure vendors and will be followed by a full market outlook on the Distributed Cloud Infrastructure sector, with individual solution profiles for key vendors.

CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

DISTRIBUTED CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE IN NETWORK AUTOMATION SOFTWARE TAXONOMY

THE FOUR TYPES OF TRAVELERS

VENDOR BLUEPRINT FOR TELCO CLOUD SUCCESS

Culture
Cloud Architecture
Cloud at the Edge
Operations-led Automation
Security and Sustainability

CONCLUSION