Despite reports of fiber shortages last year, the telecoms industry paints a slightly different picture in early 2023

The telecom industry is in transition as it embraces cloud adoption, contends with an explosion of data and network and capability demands from consumers and businesses.

“The general consumer is just numb to all of this at this point,” EY's Michael Misrahi said of recent operator cybersecurity breaches.

Analysys Mason notes that operators should act aggressively if they want to move on this digital transformation opportunity.

The flagship telecommunications event once again provided plenty of talking points, but what stood out?

Changes in the world’s networks turned Germany’s Internet peering platform into a global phenomenon

VRdirect Founder Rolf Illenberger called telcos "necessary gatekeepers" in helping the metaverse vision become a reality.

“There's hard money that's been invested in this [evolution], so it's not an aspiration. It's a requirement,” IBM VP Steve Goetz said.

The AI revolution needs so much processing power, could it be time to bring in a new generation of chips that combine photonics with conventional silicon?

Telcos are high-target entities for ransomware and security teams will need to prioritize cyberresilience in their business strategy.

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Improved network infrastructure and the growth of cloud-native platforms will catalyze metaverse adoption, Analysys Mason's Martin Scott explained.

“Operators will be under pressure from investors to raise prices in line with inflation," Analysys Mason Partner Tom Rebbeck told SDxCentral.

Telecom may "now have an opportunity to hire top talent who may have been far less likely to close over the past [three or more] years."

Deque works with telcos like Verizon aiming to design "so thoughtfully that you can lose any one of your major senses and the design still holds true."

Anthony Goonetilleke believes broadband needs to be seen as a basic necessity, like electricity and running water.

The panel offered that while fiber may be the primary method in the eyes of operators, the wireless industry has a unique role to play in bridging the digital

Bridging the digital divide relies on “making sure that there's a partnership between public [and] private” sectors, Verizon VP Phillip French stated at MWC Las Vegas.

Rising mobile data consumption patterns are at odds with mobile operators' sustainability commitments, according to the analyst firm.

European-based telecom operators have continually voiced the need for tech and cloud giants to help pay for the underlying networks.

The research firm notes that telecom operators currently lack business models that allow them to build on their physical connectivity advantages.

Rural areas across the U.S. do not have internet access. With funding from public and private initiatives, the time to address this problem is now, according to Jeff Luong,

AT&T unraveled itself from DirecTV and Time Warner surprisingly quickly, but the financial ramifications of those deals will linger for years.

"Careful analysis is required in prioritization" of the sustainable development goals, GSMA Sustainability Director Nadia Chelache said.