Analysys Mason Podcast

Salesforce announced on 1 December 2020 that it will buy Slack, a primarily text-based business communications/collaboration platform, for USD27.7 billion.
In this podcast, Research Partner, Tom Rebbeck examines the motivations for both parties, and also the broader implications for the market.
The associated article and figures can be viewed here.

Analysys Mason surveyed 34 telecoms operators about the SMB security market between July and October 2020. We asked respondents for their views on security solution providers and how they could improve, as well as about their own security products and plans.
Telecoms operators rated Fortinet as the best security supplier for the SMB market (organisations with up to 1000 employees) in Analysys Mason’s survey. Other large vendors with a strong heritage in network security (Palo Alto Networks, Cisco and Check Point) also scored highly, as did F-Secure, Sophos and Microsoft.
The associated article and figures can be viewed here.

On 13 October 2020, Apple announced the long-awaited release of its 5G-enabled mobile devices, which will be available in four models from late October and November (depending on location and model type). 5G technology is still at an early stage in most markets and flagship devices such as the iPhone 12 are critical for its success.
This podcast and the associated article by Analyst, Simon Lumb explore how the iPhone 12 will change the 5G landscape and consider whether its functionality provides an insight into future 5G services.
The associated article and figures can be viewed here. 

Many unified communications providers are expanding their portfolios and geographical reach to sustain revenue growth, which is intensifying competition in what is already a complex and crowded market.
This podcast by Principal Analyst, Catherine Hammond highlights some key findings from Analysys Mason’s report Unified communications technology providers: case studies and analysis, which provides full profiles of the vendors discussed.
The associated article and figures can be viewed here.

Automation is critical for communications service providers and enterprises to increase business agility, manage complexities and transform opex economics, both in existing physical networks and new-generation cloud-based and programmable networks of the 5G era.
In this podcast, Anil Rao, Principal Analyst at Analysys Mason and Åsa Nielsen, Director and Head of Network Service Management and Automation at Telia Company discuss what automation means to the telecoms industry, and assess Telia’s progress towards autonomous networks.

The private LTE/5G market is nascent but growing rapidly. Operators are playing a limited role at present, and most deployments are led by vendors. This podcast and the associated article summarise the trends in Analysys Mason’s Private LTE/5G networks tracker 3Q 2020.
The associated article and figures can be viewed here.

IoT connectivity disruptors are adopting new strategies because the connectivity market is highly crowded and finding profitable growth is increasingly challenging. This podcast and associated article summarise the findings of Analysys Mason’s IoT connectivity disruptors: case studies and analysis (Volume IV).
The associated article and figure can be viewed here.

Operators in the Middle East and North Africa are increasingly offering fixed–mobile convergence bundles. Operators must consider fibre coverage, levels of postpaid penetration and regulatory headwinds when launching FMC propositions.
In this podcast, Analyst, Simon Lumb summarises our findings from five case studies of FMC operators in MENA.
The associated article and figure can be viewed here.