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Private 5G networks are emerging as the CIOs most powerful enabler of business transformation, and as manufacturers progress into advanced stages of digital transformation, the underlying network is becoming the linchpin for determining success or stagnation.

This whitepaper explores the industry-specific problems manufacturers routinely encounter with traditional connectivity, and how CIOs can integrate private wireless to extract maximum business value across all facets of operations... More Info

This comprehensive guideline aims to help telco leaders map the current telecom market conditions on their business reality, define the core bottlenecks that affect performance, and find relevant ways of improvement to start the digitaI transformation journey.... More Info

Common Language Drives Customer Value for All Network Technology: 5G/MEC and Virtualized Networking Included... More Info

For mobile service providers, maintaining an
accurate view of the fixed assets across an entire
network has always presented a challenge. For
group operators, that challenge is multiplied -
tracking the value of its fixed assets in multiple
networks across different territories, managed,
maintained and upgraded locally with equipment
sourced from multiple vendors is near impossible
using traditional methods.... More Info

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If you look at a map of the United States and run your finger
along the southern curve of Lake Michigan—through Illinois,
Indiana, and Michigan—you’re in Surf Internet territory. Surf
Internet started as a wireless internet company more than
twenty years ago and they began investing in fiber in 2018 and
launched their first fiber construction project in 2020 in a
partnership with Bain Capital Credit in 2021, which was the catalyst
for a full-speed-ahead approach to fiber, but ambitious fiber expansion is only half of the Surf Internet story.... More Info

In case you missed Lindsay Broadband - a division of Technetix group at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, this video highlights the must-have, end-to-end solutions for your network.... More Info

Telcos need significant innovation to address their key challenges of: generating new revenue streams, reducing the energy consumption of networks, managing complexity (which is different from reducing complexity) and making networks more robust to vendor failures, cyber-attacks and environmental extremes (e.g., floods, high temperatures, hurricanes).... More Info

Mitigating risk and compliance for lawful intercept using lawful intelligence is explored in this Pipeline article feature SS8. Learn how CSPs can comply with lawful intercept regulation, while empowering law information with critical, real-time data.... More Info

The world’s eyes are already looking forward to the potential of 6G. Demands resulting from innovative use cases, for instance specific requirements from different industries and other user groups, as well as overarching goals like sustainability, are driving the standardization and development of mobile technologies.... More Info

Providing an AI-driven network and customer experience and a 360-degree view of the customer journey, including use cases such as gaming, is explored in this Pipeline article by Nokia.... More Info

Space, the final frontier. That might sound familiar, and today, we have a chance to hear from some of the pioneers of space exploration, who are making lunar communication, extraterrestrial networks, and even colonies on the moon, a not-too-distant reality.... More Info

In this Pipeline exclusive, “Becoming 5G-Ready,” Andy Penley of ZenFi Networks discusses 5G network infrastructure, and shares insights on what is needed to realize the potential of 5G. Andy is Vice President, Wireless Solutions at ZenFi Networks.... More Info

In this article George explores artificial intelligence, or AI, for high-performance computing in data centers, its unique properties, and the use cases it enables for research and beyond. Whether deployed on premises, in the cloud, or at the edge.... More Info

In this Pipeline exclusive, titled “A 5G Revolution: Networks of the Future,” the CEO and cofounder of ZenFi Networks, Ray LaChance discusses the drivers, infrastructure, and ecosystem needed to fulfill the promise of 5G.... More Info

In 5G, the new Location Services architecture provides more network-based positioning technologies that have significantly advanced and are far more precise. Completely new techniques are used to determine vertical position (i.e., z-axis) and location data has become a much more powerful tool for law enforcement agencies.... More Info

WiTCOM deploys open multi-vendor solution to power smart city initiative.
Secure open platform powers edge cloud for IoT, video and next-gen services: With network functions virtualization (NFV) and universal CPE (uCPE), smart city operators like WiTCOM can rapidly and efficiently deploy next-generation services. And once the uCPE servers and software are deployed, the operator can use it as a platform for innovation.... More Info

Is your global WAN DevOps friendly?
Telia Carrier's SD-WAN service helps drive network agility and continuity to support the enterprise adoption of DevOps.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Ray LaChance from ZenFi Networks to discuss small cell densification for 5G wireless networks at Mobile World Congress Americas.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Ed D’Agostino, Vice President of DE-CIX North America, to discuss low-latency, SLA-backed interconnect fabric at INCOMPAS Event 2018.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Mobeen Khan from AT&T to discuss the evolution of IoT Services at Mobile World Congress Americas.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Victoria Lamberth, Chief Revenue Officer of ZenFi Networks, to discuss its acquisition of CrossRiver Fiber and its new fiber network called network of neighborhood networks, at INCOMPAS Event 2018.... More Info

The Internet of Things (IoT) is not new. Neither is the rapid rise of connected devices or customers’ demands for instantaneous service.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Gary Knee, Head of Software of CHR Solutions, to discuss transformation of legacy systems into single, carrier-grade platforms, at INCOMPAS Event 2018.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Ilissa Miller, President & CEO of iMiller PR and NEDAS, to discuss transformation to new communication channels, at INCOMPAS Event 2018.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with James D. Taylor, Director of Carrier Services of Bluebird Network, to discuss broadband connectivity for rural communities to grow and thrive, at INCOMPAS Event 2018.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Neeraj Patel from Radisys to discuss Edge computing at Mobile World Congress Americas.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Chris Winslow from Flex to discuss next generation, digital innovation in Telecom at Mobile World Congress Americas.... More Info

Rapid provisioning. Significant agility.... More Info

As Communications Service Providers (CSPs) worldwide launch digital services, business transformation will be critical to not only extending digital services at the right place and time to reach digital consumers, but having the entire CSP organization, including its people, processes and technologies, aligned to do the same.

The Transforming for Digital survey, conducted by Pipeline Market Research for CSG International, polled approximately 100 Communications Service Providers (CSPs) worldwide to discover the state of digital transformation in the industry; the challenges and priorities along the path to transformation and; what CSPs need to successfully transform their business into a Digital Service Provider (DSP) model.

Click "View" to access the key report findings or "Download" to get the infographic... More Info