IDC PeerScape: Telecommunication Service Provider Practices to Maximize Cloud Service Provider Partnerships to Enable the Future of Connectivity
This IDC PeerScape provides examples of how different communication SPs are partnering with cloud service providers to enable their transformation to digital service providers. For each of the three main areas of transformation, we provide two examples of how communication service providers are working with cloud service providers and some of the results from those partnerships. "The narrative on the relationship between telecommunication and cloud service providers has changed," says Daryl Schoolar, program vice president, IDC's Worldwide Telecommunications Insights. "Telecommunication service providers are moving away from seeing cloud service providers as a competitive threat. Telecom SPs are now starting to recognize cloud service providers as a key ally on their journey to being digital service providers."
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- IDC PeerScape Figure
- Executive Summary
- Peer Insights
- Practice 1: Outsourcing of Back-Office and IT Functions
- Challenge
- Example
- Swisscom Names AWS as Its Preferred Public Cloud for Its Enterprise IT
- Microsoft Azure Hosts AT&T's New BSS Solution
- Guidance
- Practice 2: Deploying Real-Time Network Workloads to a Cloud Service Provider Environment
- Challenge
- Example
- Swisscom Deploying Its 5G Mobile Core Network on a Hybrid Cloud Platform with AWS
- Google Cloud Helps Bell Canada Deploy Its New 5G Core Network at the Edge
- Guidance
- Practice 3: Working with Cloud Service Providers to Develop New Services and Go-to-Market Channels
- Challenge
- Example
- Swisscom and AWS Partner on Multiple Cloud Service Offerings
- Google Cloud and Verizon Partner to Bring Network Smarts and New Services to the Edge
- Guidance
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