Telecom

Growing Internet ubiquity across the world has resulted in endless possibilities for businesses and consumers. Connected living has become a reality. There will be at least 80 billion connected devices by 2020; and 10 connected devices for each household. The size of the Internet economy will reach $14.7 trillion; the digital economy will be augmented by IoT.

In this backdrop, the telecom industry is facing increasing competition, market saturation, and commoditization of technology-- challenging telcos to differentiate themselves with innovative services and applications. The rise in technological savviness in consumers and increasingly sophisticated technologies reaching masses has led to intra-industry and cross industry competition across several segments of the telecommunications sector to provide more end-to-end 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.

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. 24 May 2013  |  North America

    2013 Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) Channel Partners Survey

    The True Value of UCC to Small and Medium-sized Business Customers in Conjunction with Aastra

    This study confirms previous Frost & Sullivan findings that small and medium-sized businesses take a more conservative approach than larger businesses when it comes to unified communications and collaboration (UCC) investments. Frost & Sullivan defines UCC as an integrated set of voice, data, and video communications applications, all of which leve...

    $10,000.00
  2. 05 Feb 2013  |  North America

    2012 North American CXO Investment Plans for Communications and Collaboration Endpoints

    A Perspective on UCC Endpoints Adoption and Benefits

    The primary objective of this research is to assess North American CXOs attitudes and strategic plans regarding their personal and their organizations use of communications and collaboration (CC) endpoints. Supporting this primary objective, this research will also measure general usage of CC endpoints, identify the most popular CC endpoints, the...

    $10,000.00
  3. 29 Jan 2013  |  North America

    2012 IT Decision Makers Views of Mobile Enterprise Device and Application Trends

    A Survey of Preferences and Policies Toward Mobile Devices, Applications, and Management Platforms

    Only approximately one-third of organizations are currently issuing smartphones. However, of these organizations, more are issuing smartphones than tablets. Further, traditional, in-house office workers are bringing their own smartphone devices to work. This service aims to measure mobile device use within enterprises in the United States, with a s...

    $10,000.00
  4. 17 Jan 2013  |  North America

    2012 IT Decision Makers Views on the Evolution of Enterprise Communications

    A Perspective on Enterprise Communications Technology Adoption and IT Strategies

    Businesses increasingly deploy advanced communications and collaboration applications in order to enhance employee productivity, streamline business processes, and reduce costs. However, they also face various challenges that prevent them from investing in enterprise communications and collaboration technologies or that delay their investment decis...

    $10,000.00
  5. 16 Jan 2013  |  North America

    2012 North American CXO Investment Plans for Managed and Hosted Communications and Collaboration Services

    A Perspective on UCC Services Adoption and Benefits

    Rapid technology evolution and the proliferation of unified communications and collaboration (UCC) tools are increasing the cost and complexity of managing and upgrading the enterprise information and communications (ICT) infrastructure. Most businesses perceive their ICT infrastructure and IT operations as relatively ineffective in enabling the or...

    $10,000.00
  6. 07 Jan 2013  |  North America

    2012 North American CXO Investment Plans for Communications and Collaboration Infrastructure and Connectivity

    A Perspective on UCC Infrastructure and Connectivity Evolution

    Rapid technology evolution and the proliferation of unified communications and collaboration (UCC) tools are increasing the cost and complexity of deploying, managing, and upgrading the enterprise information and communications (ICT) infrastructure. Most businesses perceive their ICT infrastructure and IT operations as relatively ineffective in ena...

    $10,000.00
  7. 02 Jan 2013  |  North America

    2012 North American CXO Investment Plans for Communications and Collaboration Applications

    A Perspective on UCC Adoption and Benefits

    The objective of this research service are to assess North American C-level executives attitudes and strategic plans regarding their personal and their organizations use of communications and collaboration products and services. In support of this primary objective, this research also measures awareness of communications and collaboration tools a...

    $10,000.00