Analysys Mason Podcast

Operators should help businesses to enable remote working during the coronavirus outbreak

The new coronavirus disease COVID-19 was officially declared an international pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. In this podcast, Analyst, Terry van Staden discusses how operators should use unified communications solutions, secure connectivity and other mechanisms to help businesses to manage the growing number of employees that will work remotely as a precaution against the virus.

The MWC2020 that wasn’t: consumer services and devices

On 4 March 2020, Analysys Mason hosted its annual Mobile World Congress webinar. As a result of this year's event being cancelled, the webinar focused on the important things that will happen even though the show didn't.
In this podcast Research Director, Stephen Sale, summarises what he presented on the topic of consumer services and devices with a focus on 5G.
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The MWC2020 that wasn’t: network and service automation

On 4 March 2020, Analysys Mason hosted its annual Mobile World Congress webinar. As a result of this year's event being cancelled, the webinar focused on the important things that will happen even though the show didn't.
In this podcast Research Director, Dana Cooperson, gives an overview of her presentation on network and service automation.
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The MWC2020 that wasn’t: themes for IoT in 2020

On 4 March 2020, Analysys Mason hosted its annual Mobile World Congress webinar. As a result of this year's event being cancelled, the webinar focused on the important things that will happen even though the show didn't.
In this podcast Research Director, Tom Rebbeck, gives an overview of the themes for IoT in 2020 including what is happening on wide-area networks and the emerging private networks proposition.
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The MWC2020 that wasn’t: vRAN and its impact on the 5G commercial landscape

On 4 March 2020, Analysys Mason hosted its annual Mobile World Congress webinar. As a result of this year's event being cancelled, the webinar focused on the important things that will happen even though the show didn't.
In this podcast Principal Analyst, Caroline Gabriel, gives a brief overview of what she discussed during the webinar on the topic of vRAN and its impact on the 5G commercial landscape.
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The MWC2020 that wasn't: webinar overview

On 4 March 2020, Analysys Mason hosted its annual Mobile World Congress webinar. As a result of this year's event being cancelled, the webinar focused on the important things that will happen even though the show didn't. 
Drawing on in-depth industry research and briefings with operators and vendors, our analysts covered a range of topics including IoT, SD-WAN, consumer 5G, edge computing and network automation. 
In this podcast Larry Goldman, Head of Networks and Software Research, gives a brief overview of what was presented during the webinar and highlights some of the key findings from recent operator and vendor briefings. 
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Operator business revenue is declining in Europe, forcing operators to balance cost-cutting and investment

Our recently updated Western European business forecasts estimate that operator revenue from basic voice and data connectivity services will fall by 5% between 2019 and 2024. Operators face some challenging decisions and will need to balance cutting costs from traditional services while also investing in growth services such as ICT. Even where these trade-offs are managed well, operators' revenue may decline in real terms, and an increased focus on ICT is likely to result in lower margins.
This podcast outlines the scale of the challenge facing operators and highlights some of the strategies being adopted in response to market conditions.

The application-to-person messaging market will grow, but operators may only benefit in the short term

The business spend on application-to-person messaging worldwide will grow from USD27 billion in 2019 to USD40 billion in 2024 because the demand for A2P messaging services is steadily increasing in all regions.