Telcos are increasing investment in partner ecosystems and digital marketplaces as they seek to monetize 5G. This article considers the development of digital marketplaces to sell 5G services and what progress telcos will make this year.
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Chris Silberberg
Senior Analyst, Service Provider Operations & IT
Chris is a senior analyst in Omdia’s service provider transformation team, where he aids clients in making strategic decisions through high-quality reports and trackers. Chris covers a range of service provider operations & IT topics, including BSS, converged charging, future billing, partner ecosystem management, operator cloud strategies, and edge monetization systems.
Chris joined Omdia in June 2020 as a research analyst in the carrier network software service, where he covered NFV, carrier SDN, uCPE, cloud-native evolution, core network, and edge computing software. Before that, Chris was part of Informa Tech’s conference division, where he worked on the NFV/SDN and broadband series of events since 2018. He was seconded to Omdia as a research analyst between October 2019 and February 2020, where he produced reports and insights on NFV adoption, the evolving vendor ecosystem, and how telco virtualization supports more advanced applications such as AI.
Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in ancient history from Durham University, is a tenor horn in his local brass band, and hosts occasional office pub quizzes.
Further Reading
2022 Trends to Watch: Service Provider Operations and IT
Report / 21 Dec 2021 / Kris Szaniawski
Telecoms IT is key to communications service provider transformation. This report explores the key telecoms IT trends anticipated in 2022.
Critical Service Provider BSS Capabilities for 5G SA
Report / 13 Oct 2021 / Chris Silberberg
Market trends in telco BSS, covering the capabilities required to monetize 5G SA networks. Recommendations for operators, vendors, and cloud providers deploying and supporting the latest evolution of service provider monetization systems.
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