Network-as-a-Service is Transforming Network Operators into API-focused Integrators

Network-as-a-Service is Transforming Network Operators into API-focused Integrators



In this report, Frost & Sullivan examines the Network-as-a-service (NaaS) business model. NaaS is a modern business model for service providers to quote, sell, and manage network services to enterprises and their wholesale providers. The model enables network operators to deliver a cloud-like consumption model with a frictionless customer experience. Additionally, operators are working together to seamlessly integrate each other’s services; the result is manifested in the NaaS framework.

The report defines NaaS as a series of services integrating multiple platforms to constitute an enterprise-friendly go-to-market strategy. The NaaS concept can additionally help drive more services and innovation in the space. Different ecosystem players define and view their part of the ecosystem NaaS differently—these views are discussed in the report.

Frost & Sullivan thanks the following providers and the MEF NaaS event itself for their invaluable help in researching this area—AT&T, British Telecom, Colt, Comcast Business, DCConnect, Digital Reality, Deutsch Telecom, Epsilon, Equinix, Netcracker, Orange, PCCW-Global Connect, RAD, Telefonica, Verizon, Lumen, Sparkle, and Transunion.


Strategic Imperatives
Why is it Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
The Strategic Imperative 8™
The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Network as a Service Industry
Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
Growth Opportunity Analysis
What is NaaS?
What is NaaS?
What Does NaaS Mean to Ecosystem Players?
What Does NaaS Mean to Ecosystem Players?
The Building Blocks of Naas
What Services are Offered Under NaaS?
What Services are Offered Under NaaS?
What Services are Offered Under NaaS?
How is NaaS Offered in the Market?
How are Network Operators Approaching NaaS?
Growth Drivers
Growth Driver Analysis
Growth Restraints
Restraint Analysis
Growth Opportunity Universe
Growth Opportunity 1—Upsell and Cross-sell Platforms
Growth Opportunity 1—Upsell and Cross-sell Platforms
Growth Opportunity 2—Embedded Upgraded Security
Growth Opportunity 2—Embedded Upgraded Security
List of Exhibits
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