In-depth: 5G to redefine Telcos-System Integrator’s role

The growing need to go beyond the commoditized voice and data services and the upcoming 5G-enabled use cases is pushing the telecom service providers to acquire System Integration (SI) capabilities to increase their revenue by offering new use cases to the enterprise segment.

Increasingly several telcos are collaborating with SIs to gain competencies to capture private networks and Internet of Things (IoT) opportunities. Several deals indicate a shift in the equation between the Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and System Integrators (SIs). For instance, recently, Telefonica Tech collaborated with tech giant Microsoft to offer private 5G and on-premise edge computing to address the requirements of the enterprise segment.