Communications Services

The communication services market is evolving at a remarkable rate. There is a definite shift from pigeon-holed, specific services provided by non-competing players in the value chain to a more competitive, inclusive ecosystem with organizations offering bundled, end-to-end solutions. This is characterised by the sophistication of technology and consumers’ willingness to pay for more integrated, service-centric solutions.

Frost & Sullivan’s Telecommunications research and consulting programs look evolutions of hardware and software, with focus on the services built on these technologies. This provides unique insights into the competitive dynamics of the market, detailed assessments of market opportunities, pricing strategies, demand trends, and technological developments, as well as applications and best practices for the industry. In the communications services market, we look at, among other segments:

  • Triple, Quad and Quint Play services
  • Operator and Network Provider Strategies
  • Technology Vendor Strategies
  • Regulatory Developments
  • Convergence with new technologies (cloud, mobile money)

We work closely with the world’s leading telecom firms, hardware manufacturers, service providers, OEMs and new age disruptors to build tailored, customized solutions provide clients with the best strategies for growth, supported by the right key data points researched to meet the client’s needs and the specific engagement. Our research spans broadly across the sector and provides deep insights into specific markets in the most significant areas of enterprise and consumer telecommunications industry.

  1. 12 Dec 2022  |  North America  |  Tracker

    MPLS/IP VPN Services Update, United States, 2022

    The Growing Adoption of SD-WAN has Affected MPLS/IP VPN Services' Growth Rate

    This report focuses on leading service providers that offer comprehensive multiprotocol label switching (MPLS)/Internet Protocol (IP) virtual private network (VPN) services in the United States. Service providers have been analyzed primarily on their MPLS/IP VPN portfolios, including their presence in retail and wholesale segments. This study analy...

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  2. 01 Nov 2022  |  North America  |  Market Research

    Business Carrier Ethernet Services Update—United States: 2022

    Slowing Revenue Growth Rates Attributed to Pricing Compression and Market Maturity

    In this report, Frost & Sullivan focuses on leading service providers of comprehensive business carrier Ethernet services in the US market. This market continues to experience negative Ethernet revenue growth rates primarily due to price compression and market maturity. The report delivers market forecasts for business carrier Ethernet services fro...

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  3. 16 Mar 2022  |  North America  |  Customer Research

    US SD-WAN Enterprise Survey: Vertical Market Adoption Trends

    Optimizing IT Resources, Improved Business Productivity, and Improved Customer Experience Driving SD-WAN Adoption among US Verticals

    In this study, Frost & Sullivan provides a detailed analysis of the 2021 US SD-WAN survey conducted among enterprises in the US vertical markets on their preferences for SD-WAN. The survey respondents were the IT/network decision-makers from different verticals, including financial services, healthcare, retail, government, technology, and manufactu...

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  4. 28 Nov 2017  |  North America  |  Strategic Forecasting

    Consumer Communication Services Tracker: Third Quarter 2017 (3Q17)

    The Consumer Communication Services Tracker provides quarterly detailed information for the leading companies in the consumer communication services market for US and Canada. The aggregated data—delivered by country, technology, and company—includes subscriber, revenue, net add(loss), projection, and market share for the Broadband, Video, Voice...

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  5. 25 Oct 2017  |  North America  |  Strategic Forecasting

    Analysis of the Software-Defined WAN Market, 2017

    The SD-WAN market has emerged out of the early adopter stage and entered the growth stage of the product lifecycle. Key factors driving market adoption include: cost savings from efficient usage of private and public networks, ability to optimize hybrid cloud connectivity, and application-aware routing. Below is a summary of key research findings o...

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  6. 18 Oct 2017  |  North America  |  Strategic Forecasting

    2017 Consumer Communication Services Bundle Tracker

    Are Broadband Bundles Enough?

    Stratecast’s 2017 Bundle Tracker apprises the reader of the competitive landscape of leading service providers—which offer home phone, broadband, video and wireless services—in the consumer communication services market; and explores how consumers gauge consumer bundles based on survey results from Stratecast’s 2017 consumer communication s...

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  7. 22 Aug 2017  |  North America  |  Tracker

    Q2 2017 North American Mobile Trackers

    Continued Growth of Smartphones, Unlimited Data Plans, Mobile Data Traffic and High Speed Wireless Content Services

    The attached tracker presents mobile communication metrics for tier-I mobile operators in the United States and Canadian mobile communications market. The study also supplies statistics on mobile subscribers, connected devices, equipment revenue, and service and data revenue, which also include the average voice and data revenue per user. Data for ...

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  8. 08 Aug 2017  |  North America  |  Market Research

    US Digital Consumer and Home Automation Market Transformation, Forecast to 2023

    Growth Opportunities in Digital Consumer and Home Automation with Evolving End-user and Competitive Dynamics

    The digital consumer concept continues to evolve as new products, services, and solutions make their way to the home. At present, the notion of a digital consumer largely revolves around individuals that leverage the Internet for productivity, entertainment, and communication. Going forward, however, consumers are expected to leverage the power of ...

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  9. 27 Jun 2017  |  North America  |  Strategic Forecasting

    Consumer Communication Preferences Survey: Utilizing Consumers' Perception to Meet Their Needs

    Since 2009, Stratecast has conducted an annual North American Consumer Communication Services (CCS) Survey. This survey is designed to understand consumer perceptions on landline phone, wireless/cellular phone, Internet access and subscription video services. As well as, identify consumers’ use of technologies such as over-the-top (OTT) and Inter...

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  10. This report examines consumer communication services spending (the wallet), and the implications this will have on service providers, regulators and policy makers. It will be of interest to all of these groups, as well as content developers.

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