This report thoroughly examines the Telecommunications Cloud market landscape; assessing market trends and factors shaping the evolution of the rapidly developing and growing telco cloud market. The report delivers a comprehensive analysis of the strategic opportunities for operators, telecommunications cloud service providers, and hyperscalers.
The report addresses how stakeholders should navigate operational cost and service quality opportunities such as C-RAN (Centralised Radio Access Network), as well as open-source projects such as Kubernetes, Metal3 and Linux Nephio. Analysis and strategic recommendations on the latest cloud technologies, such as the development of the public cloud as telecommunications infrastructure, and MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) are included.
It also includes evaluation of specific operators’ cloudification strategies and the wider telecommunications cloud market in key countries. This includes analysis of the degree of cloud adoption, development of edge cloud capabilities, and country-level cloud computing trends.
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- 1. Key Trends & Strategic Recommendations
- 1.1 Key Trends
- 1.2 Strategic Recommendations
- 2. Future Market Outlook
- 2.1 Introduction to Telecommunications Cloud
- Figure 2.1: Total Telecommunications Cloud Expenditure in 2024 (%), Split by Region
- 2.2 Key Platforms and Services in Cloud Telecommunications
- Figure 2.2: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Management Responsibilities
- 2.2.1 IaaS
- 2.2.2 PaaS
- 2.2.3 SaaS
- 2.2.4 Cloud Service Charging Models
- 2.3 Microservices, Containers, Kubernetes, and Docker
- 2.3.1 Kubernetes
- Figure 2.3: Kubernetes Components
- 2.3.2 Trends Driving Telecommunications Cloud Adoption
- i. Total Cost of Ownership Increased by Consumer and Enterprise Data Consumption
- Figure 2.4: Total Cellular Data Generated (PB), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
- ii. New 5G Deployments Expand Cloud Opportunities in Telecommunications
- Figure 2.5: Total Number of 5G Connections (m), Split By 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
- Figure 2.6: 5G Service-based Architecture
- 2.3.3 Cloud Telecommunications Deployments Critical to Reaching Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Goals
- 3. Monetisable Opportunities
- 3.1 Key Opportunities for Cloudification
- 3.1.1 Cloud-native Network Functions
- i. ETSI Network Function Standards
- ii. Session Border Controller
- iii. Cloud-native Routers
- iv. Packet Gateways
- v. Call Session Control
- 3.1.2 C-RAN (Cloud Radio Access Network)
- Figure 3.1: Total Number of 5G NR Base Stations (Including Base Stations and Small Cells), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2023-2028
- Table 3.2: Advantages of C-RAN Deployments
- Figure 3.3: C-RAN Structure
- i. Challenges to C-RAN
- ii. Why C-RAN Is Critical to the Development of Open RAN (Radio Access Network)
- 3.1.3 Multi-access Edge Computing
- Figure 3.4: Multi-access Edge Computing Reference Architecture
- i. Smartphone Manufacturers
- ii. OTT Video Streaming Providers
- 3.2 Key Technologies and Projects in Cloud Telecommunications
- 3.2.1 Bare Metal Cloud
- Table 3.5: Bare Metal Cloud Limitations and Negatives
- i. Metal3
- 3.2.2 Hybrid Cloud and Multi-cloud Deployments
- Figure 3.6: Total Telecommunications Private and Public Cloud Expenditure by Operators ($m), 2023-2028
- i. Hybrid Cloud
- ii. Multi-cloud
- 3.2.3 Serverless Architectures
- Table 3.7: Negatives of a Serverless Architecture
- 3.3 Nephio by the Linux Foundation
- Figure 3.8: Nephio’s Functional Building Blocks
- 4. Country Readiness Index
- 4.1 Telecommunications Cloud Strategies Country Readiness Index
- Figure 4.1: Juniper Research’s 8 Key Regions Definitions
- Table 4.2: Telecommunications Cloud Strategies: Country Readiness Index Scoring Criteria
- Figure 4.3: Juniper Research Telecommunications Cloud Country Readiness Index: Graph
- Table 4.4: Telecommunications Cloud Strategies Country Readiness Index: Market Segments
- 4.2 Market Segment Analysis
- 4.2.1 Focus Markets
- i. China
- Figure 4.5: Total Operator Expenditure on Cloud Deployments ($m) in China, 2023-2028
- Figure 4.6: Total Number of 5G Connections in China (m), 2023-2028
- ii. The US
- Figure 4.7: Total Operator Expenditure on Telecommunications Cloud in the US ($m), 2023-2028
- 4.2.2 Saturated Markets
- 4.2.3 Growth Markets
- i. India
- Figure 4.8: Total Operator Revenue in India ($m), 2023-2028
- Figure 4.9: Total Operator Expenditure on Telecommunications Cloud in India ($m), 2023 2028
- ii. Saudi Arabia
- Figure 4.10: Average Operator Revenue per Mobile Subscriber per Month in Saudi Arabia ($), 2023-2028
- 4.3 Developing Markets
- Figure 4.11: Total Operator Expenditure on Telecommunications Cloud in Developing Markets, 2023-2028
- i. Turkey
- Figure 4.12: Total Number of Active Mobile Subscribers in Turkey (m), 2023-2028
- Figure 4.13: Total Network Traffic Serviced by Telecommunications Cloud in Turkey (PB), 2023-2028
- ii. Chile
- Figure 4.14: Average Operator Revenue per Mobile Subscriber per Month in Chile ($), 2023-2028
- Table 4.15: National Tier 1 Operator Subscribers in Chile in 2023
- Figure 4.16: Total Operator Expenditure on Telecommunication Cloud in Chile ($m), 2023 2028
- Table 4.17: Telecommunications Cloud Strategies Heatmap, North America
- Table 4.18: Telecommunications Cloud Strategies Heatmap, Latin America
- Table 4.19: Telecommunications Cloud Strategies Heatmap, West Europe
- Table 4.20: Telecommunications Cloud Strategies Heatmap, Central & East Europe
- Table 4.21: Telecommunications Cloud Strategies Heatmap, Far East & China
- Table 4.22: Telecommunications Cloud Strategies Heatmap, Indian Subcontinent
- Table 4.23: Telecommunications Cloud Strategies Heatmap, Rest of Asia Pacific
- Table 4.24: Telecommunications Cloud Strategies Heatmap, Africa & Middle East
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