Networks Intelligence Centre

The Networks channel provides decision support analysis to operators, service providers, applications developers, infrastructure and software vendors, regulators and manufacturers who are looking at the potential of network technology to enable advanced applications and services. The service addresses trends, business models, strategies, underlying technological shifts and the market demand for new networks and spans the full range of next-generation broadband wireless, cellular, and convergent technologies and services.

2013 Research Agenda

Analysis:

CEM , Business Intelligence and subscriber analytics
Small cells technology & deployment trends
OSS/BSS delivery models
LTE: VoLTE, SMS, RCS
TDD spectrum availability and licensing
5G; what, when and why?
LTE update report: LTE forecasts
BTS forecasts
Small cell forecasts
Telecom Big Data
Network service quality and SQM
Billing in the cloud
LTE-Advanced, carrier aggregation, HetNets
Virtualization & Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Carrier Wi-Fi: standards evolution, business models
OSS/BSS revenue forecasts

Market Data:

Support systems and managed network contracts

Publicly-announced support systems and managed network contracts.
Fixed broadband subscriptions by technology

Detailing global fixed broadband subscribers by country and access network technology. Updated quarterly.
Mobile network subscriptions by technology

Detailing global mobile subscribers by country and radio access technology. Updated quarterly.
Public WLAN hotspots

Public WLAN hotspots listed by region, country and operator, with charts and graphs analysing country and regional totals. Updated quarterly.
Femtocell deployments and trials

Track the progress of femtocell roll-out which includes launch dates, tariffing and commercial status.
Network and service managed contracts

Publicly-announced network and service management contracts, outsourced and ASP contracts since January 2000.

Operator content delivery network services

Track content delivery network (CDN) initiatives from telecoms operators, by operator, service name, type of operator, home market, target market, market entry, partners/acquisitions, and investment.

Network and tower sharing contracts

Track publicly-announced network sharing announcements between operators and tower company deals.

Forecasts:

LTE forecasts by spectrum

Includes total LTE subscription forecasts by region/country to 2016 addressable by band; forecast LTE launch dates by band; and forecast region/country level LTE band penetration rates by population and total subscriptions. Also includes global band footprint maps for the 700MHz, 800MHz, 900MHz, 1400MHz, 1700MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz (TDD and FDD), 2100MHz, 2300MHz (TDD), and 2600MHz (TDD and FDD) bands

Multiplay readiness forecasting tool

Track the potential for multiplay bundles in 46 of the world’s most-populated countries, compare forecasts for users and households subscribed to portable broadband and fixed broadband services, mobile handset and digital pay-TV, including dual- and triple-play services.

WiMAX market forecasts

Global WiMAX market forecasts for 2009-14 for subscribers and device sales. Filters enable segmentation and analysis of the data by region, country and device type.
Mobile network traffic, BTS and subscriber forecasts

Global, regional and 13 country forecasts for mobile traffic by technology and application, BTS shipments and revenues, and mobile subscribers.
Managed services forecasts

Global managed services revenues.