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Frost Radar™: Carrier Managed Network Services, 2025

Publisher Frost & Sullivan
Published Oct 13, 2025
SKU # MC20476927

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This Frost Radar™ analysis considers how carrier managed network services (MNS) providers are enhancing and simplifying the consumption of network services. The increasing complexity of managing multiple network services, including underlay, overlay, software-defined networking, and security, is driving businesses to engage with MNS providers. With their own network assets (fiber infrastructure) and deep partnerships with technology/equipment vendors, carrier MNS providers are well positioned to offer a packaged/customized solution that fits the network service needs of all business sizes. This analysis deep dives into how global MNS providers are enhancing their network services portfolios, including strengthening their vendor ecosystem, embedding AI and machine learning into their platforms to streamline operations, adding new services to their portfolios, expanding their network footprint, and developing use cases around evolving technologies (e.g., AI/GenAI and quantum computing) with the intent to offer them to businesses.

This Frost Radar™ analysis provides a comprehensive perspective on market trends and evaluates 13 leading carrier MNS providers. Frost & Sullivan analyzed and benchmarked them primarily based on their market presence and MNS portfolios, as well as their performance across 10 Growth and Innovation criteria, to reveal their position on the Frost Radar™. This publication presents competitive profiles of each company, considering their strengths and the opportunities that best fit those strengths. Leading providers that are not represented in this analysis either declined interest in participating or did not respond to interview requests.

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