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Telecoms, the Foundation of Digital & AI Impact

Opportunities for Telecom Operators, Suppliers and Partners

Connectivity is the foundation upon which impact from digital and AI technology transformation is built. Yet today’s telecom operators are challenged to improve their service offering, deliver growth in shareholder returns, and to modernize their networks and IT systems. We support all parts of the industry ecosystem to identify their path to success in a disruptive landscape, and to accelerate their service and technology roadmaps.

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IDC’s European Telecom research helps customers:

  • Understand shape and dynamics of the European telecom market through our team of over 40 experienced analysts dedicated to building qualitative and quantitative telecom market insights
  • Grasp the evolving landscape of buyer demand for mobile, fixed, IoT, UCC/CC, professional and emerging telecom services
  • Develop deep insight into the telecom supplier base across services, operations (OSS/BSS), network and compute infrastructure
IDC's Telecom Framework

IDC's Telecom Framework

Our analyst team engages every corner of the telecom ecosystem, tracking, validating, and guiding the industry from strategic vision to implementation. The approach is lead through regular engagements with telecom operators and suppliers ranging from strategic workshops and industry events, to more informal client inquiry requests.

IDC's Telecom Framework Diagram Description

A diagram showing IDC’s Telecom Framework made of different Venn diagrams with three segments: engage, which includes enterprise customers, telecom decision makers, network equipment providers, cloud providers and independent software vendors; insights, which includes market transformation, new telecom services, customer demand, technology transformation and partner strategies; and deliver, which includes client inquiries, granular market data, industry-leading reports, engaging presentations and custom insights.

  • 10 European Telecom & Digital Infrastructure research programs that support more than 55 clients including telecom operators, network equipment providers, ISVs, cloud providers and other stakeholders, to build their telecom strategy.
  • The Telecom Services Tracker and Device trackers give clients deep quantitative insights into past, present and future demand for telecom services.
  • Custom research and advisory projects that help our clients Plan where to play, how to win, and how to execute with rigorous data, insight and advisory methodologies; build Market awareness and leads with custom content marketing assets; and drive Sell and go-to-market acceleration with sales and partner enablement solutions.
  • IDC’s experienced analysts regularly present to the market at industry leading events like MWC and DTW, global vendor flagship events, and in more intimate face-to-face and virtual settings with client executives and their customers.

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