Summary

This report provides an analysis of telecom network evolution and transformation to a software-based infrastructure. We spotlight the main players deploying SDN/NFV as well as their actual projects – at August 2016 exhaustively detailed through a separate dataset with 72 project sheets – and then describe the vendor landscape.

Finally we propose a market sizing in term of investments coming with forecasts up to 2020.

Table of contents

1. Executive Summary
1.1. Telcos network infrastructure evolution and transformation
* Top 15 most advanced telcos in SDN and NFV as of August 2016
1.2. Who deploys SDN/NFV
* SDN/NFV projects per status
* Deployment of SDN/NFV for a multi-country operator
1.3. Typical SDN/NFV deployments
* Type of SDN/NFV deployments
1.4. Infrastructure vendors
* Providers selected for the current SDN/NFV projects
1.5. SDN/ NFV market size
* SDN and NFV market and regional breakdown, 2016-2020 (million EUR)
* Breakdown of the SDN/NFV market in 2020 by type of players
2. Methodology
3. Telcos’ strategies
3.1. AT&T
* AT&T’ LTE coverage
* Declining CapEx despite AT&T investments in Mexico
* AT&T network transformation
* AT&T’ vision of the future network
* SDN role in AT&T infrastructure
3.2. BT
* Creating synergies between fixed and mobile, part of BT strategy to grow in the UK
* Capex evolution of BT (year ended 31 March)
* BT Cloud of Clouds infrastructure
* BT SDN/NFV deployment strategy
* Synergies between Fixed and Mobile assets will be enbled by network transformation made possible by SDN NFV
3.3. Deutsche Telekom
* Deutsche Telekom path for transformation
* Indirect cost savings to fund investment for the transformation
* Deutsche Telekom network transformation vision
* Key elements for the transformation
* Deutsche Telekom infrastructure of PanNet
* DT’s subsidiary experimentation in Slovakia
3.4. China Mobile
* 4G milestones
* Strategic business transformation
* China Mobile 5G vision
* NovoNet Approach
* China Mobile approach for the network virtualisation
* SDN and NFV projects as of August 2016
3.5. Orange
* Orange transormation in line with new customer expectations
* Towards an agile network
* Orange’ implication in defining SDN and NFV use cases
* vIMS Proof of concept
* Collaboration between AT&T and Orange on open source
* Orange VPN service using SDN and NFV
3.6. Telecom Italia
* Investment plan of Telecom Italia for the domestic market
* Cloud, platforms and transformation at the heart of TI priorities
* Telecom Italia’s vision on network softwarisation
* Telecom Italia’ benefits from NFV
* OPNFV platform
* SDN and NFV projects as of July 2016
3.7. Telefónica
* Telefónica investment in connectivity to manage traffic growth
* The whole network concerned by the transformation network under virtualised form by Telefónica
* Telefónica’s vision for migration to network virtualisation
* Fostering the ecosystem
* Telco network environment used for vCPE in Brazil
* SDN and NFV projects as of July 2016
3.8. Verizon
* Verizon’ LTE network coverage
* Increased CapEx toward Wireless network
* Verizon’s vision on SDN and OpenFlow
* Verizon’s expectations from leveraging SDN for NGN services
* Verizon’s innovation programme
* Verizon’s SDN-NFV high level architecture
3.9. Vodafone
* Vodafone’s investment in mobile networks in Europe
* Vodafone Spring project
* Telco over Cloud Proof of concept
* Multivendor NFV VPN + demonstration at MWC 2016
4. Positioning of equipment suppliers
4.1. Cisco
* Cisco’s recent major acquisitions
* Cisco product revenues growth rates 2014-2015
* Cisco SDN approach around its ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure)
* Cisco Entreprise NFV
4.2. Ericsson
* Ericsson’s strategy by technology
* SDN and NFV seen as revenue generating technologies
* SDN as a catalyst for network transformation
* Ericsson SDN and NFV portfolio
4.3. Nokia
* Nokia Technology Vision 2020
* Telco cloud vision of Nokia
* Cloudband architecture
4.4. Huawei
* Huawei’s R&D activities
* Huawei’ vision of the industry around “ROADS”
* Huawei Softcom architecture
* Cloud Edge: Network Edge to cloud

 

 

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SDN/NFV market size for four regions: World, Europe, North America, Asia Pacific

SDN/NFV by type of players
Telecom operators
-Entreprises
-Cloud providers
-Annual growth rate
SDN/NFV benchmark by operator
-Programme
-Main vendors
-Trials/Deployments
-Investment

Geographic area

Asia-Pacific Europe North America World

Players

  • AT&T
  • BT
  • Deutsche Telekom
  • China Mobile
  • Orange
  • Telecom Italia
  • Telefónica
  • Verizon
  • Vodafone
  • Cisco
  • Ericsson
  • Nokia
  • Huawei

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  • Tags: SDN, API, Application Programming Interface, CDN, cloud, Content Delivery Network, Customer Premises Equipment, Evolved Packet Core, Infrastructure, Network Function Virtualisation, Virtual Infrastructure Management, Virtual Network Functions, SDN/NFV, LTE networks

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