1、 1 Executive Briefing NETWORK INNOVATION MANIFESTO New technologies have made innovation in the network imperative for telcos survival.But the focus and scope of innovation varies by the type of company telcos aim to become.Network Innovation David Martin,Senior Analyst&Telco Cloud Lead|October 2024
2、 NETWORK INNOVATION MANIFESTO|OCTOBER 2024 STL Partners EXECUTIVE BRIEFING 2 Executive summary Telcos must decide what type of operator(s)they aim to become and prioritise investments accordingly In this manifesto,we argue that strategic clarity about which type or types of new operator model telcos
3、 wish to pursue will help them to prioritise their investments and innovation activity,and will help answer the questions:Which technologies to implement in owned infrastructure and which to access via third-party infrastructure;How to implement those technologies;And when(i.e.how fast)to do so.Netw
4、ork innovation has become imperative but which,how and when?It has become more important for telcos to innovate within the network or networks across which they deliver services.This is stating the obvious,to some extent.But it is not always obvious which technology and service innovations telcos sh
5、ould prioritise;how they should go about implementing and introducing them;and how quickly they should do so.The imperative to innovate in the network is itself driven by innovation in network technologies.In particular,the processes of disaggregation and cloudification1,along with advances in trans
6、mission technologies(both optical and radio),have created the basis for,and lowered the bar to,innovation.This has stimulated more competition to telcos but also created opportunities for them to develop innovative services at a lower cost via an expanded wholesale supply of networks and delivery ch