http://www.currentanalysis.com/ Analysis Reports provided by Current Analysis, Inc. en-us All materials Copyright 1997-2026 Current Analysis, Inc. Reproduction or distribution prohibited without express written consent. Sun, 15 Nov 2026 13:58:30 GMT http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133551&rss Cisco's EMEA Analyst Summit highlighted trust and simplification as competitive differentiators in its overall AI strategy. The platform story is coherent, but buyers will want proof points to align intent with facts. Jeremiah Caron - Beatriz Valle 2026-11-02T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=128996&rss BT International has bolstered its voice portfolio, adding a suite of cloud-native platforms to support its multinational customers, while its proposed joint venture with Verizon could sharpen its competitive edge against global peers. Brendan Swan 2026-10-29T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=107093&rss HCLTech is driving growth through AI solutions, and it is investing in AI data centers as part of its efforts to offer full-stack AI. It is also chasing mid-market clients through Pulse by offering integrated AI-driven solutions. Siow Meng Soh 2026-10-22T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94894&rss Accenture is expanding its addressable market by investing in AI, capabilities to serve the mid-market, and industrial automation. It needs to streamline its operations while it continues to make acquisitions to meet growth objectives. Siow Meng Soh 2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133480&rss Operators are turning 5G SA into commercial products, pricing network slicing with committed performance guarantees, competing on public safety architectures, and extending SA into vehicles, venues, and wholesale to differentiate enterprise offers. John Marcus - Ismail Patel 2026-10-15T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95110&rss Telstra Enterprise continues to reshape its product portfolio, including new API solutions while forging new strategic partnerships to strengthen its network capabilities and extend its digital ecosystem. Brendan Swan 2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=128488&rss Having shuttered most non-African operations, MTN is now focusing on fintech, AI data centers, and better connectivity as it seeks to consolidate its status as a pan-African operator. Ismail Patel 2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133413&rss The explosive increase in AI-driven demand for cloud infrastructure is driving major revenue growth for hyperscalers and other providers. But escalating AI compute costs and deployment misfires have enterprises scrambling for solid returns. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-09-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94881&rss As it marked its 30th birthday in July, DT promised to evolve with the times, maintain its market-leading position in Europe, and show continued eagerness to invest in AI, satellite connectivity, and industrial cloud. Ismail Patel 2026-09-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133408&rss Agentic AI will have a profound impact on managed services, automating much that is now manual and enabling co-managed scenarios. However, new economic models will be needed and the balance will shift toward professional services. Gary Barton - Dustin Kehoe 2026-09-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94926&rss Verizon Business continues to be a premier competitor. It fills both fixed and mobile needs, serves customers of all sizes, and has a global brand. The BT joint venture and a relatively new CEO add momentum but also uncertainty. Gregg Willsky 2026-09-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94901&rss Lumen’s enterprise strategy is centered on low-latency multi-cloud, and AI connectivity across North America. The company is increasing network investment and sharpening its focus on enterprise and wholesale customers. Gregg Willsky 2026-09-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=128489&rss Mobily is investing heavily in submarine cables as it seeks a regional leadership role in wholesale services to complement demand from its cloud computing, roaming, hyperscaler, and IoT customers. Ismail Patel 2026-09-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=126548&rss stc continues to augment its current product roster by diversifying its partners and suppliers: in satellite, IoT, networks, AI, and cybersecurity. Ismail Patel 2026-09-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133406&rss Technology firms are leveraging the FDE model to help clients accelerate their AI from pilots to production. Systems integrators add more focus to the model to ensure that the AI solutions deliver clients’ defined business outcomes. Siow Meng Soh 2026-09-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=116361&rss Cognizant is accelerating its AI agenda by positioning itself as an AI builder, creating a dedicated AI business unit, developed a Frontier-certified workforce, adding solutions (e.g., Neuro AI Trust), and strengthening partnerships (e.g., OpenAI). Siow Meng Soh 2026-09-28T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133389&rss ZTE's dual-engine – connectivity and compute – strategy underpinned by the vendor’s full-stack AI capabilities is gaining traction, but telco AI monetization and enterprise use cases beyond proof-of-concepts remain unproven. Alfie Amir 2026-09-28T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133386&rss By highlighting innovative solutions and industry-specific use cases during its enterprise analyst conference, Ericsson laid out a much-needed update to its vision for telco monetization of 5G infrastructure investments, setting the stage for 6G. Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-09-25T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94895&rss AT&T Business is a premier network provider focused on business-grade connectivity through converged 5G and fiber. In 2026, that focus now includes non-terrestrial access with LEO satellite alongside fiber and 5G as a managed enterprise option. Gregg Willsky 2026-09-24T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133376&rss Accenture and AWS are launching joint solutions targeted toward mid-sized businesses needing transformational project support. The offers leverage AI to help organizations optimize operations in key areas such as contact centers and FinOps. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-09-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=104356&rss AI has risen in prominence in cybersecurity, both as an offensive weapon used by threat actors and as a defensive enterprise tool. MSSPs are looking to distinguish their services by integrating AI into their services. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-09-02T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94874&rss Singtel is doubling down its focus on AI via RE:AI, offering sovereign GPUaaS, AI-driven networks, and SME programs. Alfie Amir 2026-08-28T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131947&rss e& is aggressively expanding both geographically and across the enterprise tech stack, with a major focus on fintech and AI, as it seeks to help the UAE become AI-centric and a digital-first society. Ismail Patel 2026-08-20T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=130180&rss Ooredoo is investing heavily in AI, data centers, cloud transformation, and quantum technology as it continues its journey from telco to a digital infrastructure company. Ismail Patel 2026-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=126871&rss Zain Group and ZainTECH are powering digital transformation in their operational footprint, leveraging the needs of regional customers to drive revenue. Ismail Patel 2026-08-06T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94922&rss NTT Data is accelerating global growth through acquisitions while continuing to forge new strategic partnerships to reinforce its position as a leading global IT and consulting provider and unlock new opportunities. Brendan Swan 2026-07-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133190&rss Orange Business’s 2026 analyst summit highlighted the progress made with key projects such as internal IT transformation and Evolution Platform. Orange’s evolving go-to-market strategy is also developing to maximize and scale its platform investment. Gary Barton - John Marcus 2026-07-24T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133155&rss At AWS Summit 2026, agentic AI was a key theme, but security, quantum computing, application networking, and data center configurations also played prominently. Enthusiasm for new tech was high, despite worries over cost management. Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-07-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133133&rss 5G use cases are deepening and broadening across verticals, commensurate with 5G SA deployments and telco-vendor partnerships that are unlocking opportunities in differentiated go-to-market positioning. John Marcus - Ismail Patel 2026-07-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=129659&rss T-Mobile is catching up to rivals in IoT by leveraging its standalone 5G-Advanced network for slicing and RedCap and deploying T-Platform for unified management. However, it has disclosed no new IoT updates since late 2025. John Marcus 2026-06-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133098&rss BT and Verizon’s JV can deliver a potent global footprint for WAN and NaaS services and provides some answers on BTI’s future. But a long wait until it closes in 2027 highlights that many decisions remain to be made and fiendish complexity awaits. Gary Barton - John Marcus 2026-06-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133071&rss IBM is teaming with OpenAI to incorporate advanced AI security capabilities to deflect machine-speed threats from threat actors. IBM is using AI to analyze application code to find and fix vulnerabilities faster. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-06-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133062&rss Accenture is taking a majority stake in OT security platform vendor Dragos to build a comprehensive defense for critical infrastructure. With industrial infrastructure under threat, demand for effective security solutions is surging. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-06-19T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133029&rss HCLTech’s new vision and strategy for helping customers modernize applications includes a portfolio that encompasses AI driven modernization, AI native application development, intelligent quality engineering, and integration services. Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-06-12T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=99791&rss TM One continues to enhance its infrastructure with the progress of its TM-Nxera AI-ready data center and 5G agreement with U Mobile. Alfie Amir 2026-06-12T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95428&rss Vodafone Business has made good progress on its strategic priorities, transforming itself by embedding AI across all aspects of the company while forging new partnerships and acquiring new capabilities to strengthen its position across key markets. Brendan Swan 2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94972&rss T-Mobile sharpens its enterprise focus with strong network capabilities, improved security/management, and continued market momentum. Gaps remain in solutions and wireline, though recent broadband investments modestly improve its converged story. John Marcus 2026-05-28T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95151&rss Tata Communications has strengthened its product portfolio with new on-demand, high bandwidth digital solutions with self-healing network technology as it looks to cement its position as an innovative player in the enterprise connectivity market. Brendan Swan 2026-05-28T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132952&rss Verizon’s 2026 DBIR research highlights the AI-driven tactics threat actors are using to penetrate the enterprise. Cybercriminals are using AI to spot and exploit vulnerabilities, reducing the time to breach from months to hours. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-05-22T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94913&rss Orange Business is accelerating its AI-driven, sovereign, platform-based transformation, leveraging strategy and innovation to sustain success. Now scaling up its platform-based services, it remains a leader among enterprise service providers. John Marcus 2026-05-11T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132872&rss Digital sovereignty is becoming a boardroom topic in an era of global volatility. Telcos have some natural advantages in helping the industry navigate these challenges. Changing the approach is key for successful telco-led monetization. Dustin Kehoe - Siow Meng Soh 2026-04-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94907&rss Slower revenue growth in Q1 FY2026 due to sluggish legacy software sales raised concerns about IBM’s momentum. But investments in AI and automation should boost long-term expansion. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-04-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132879&rss Black Lotus Labs, Lumen’s threat intelligence arm, published research highlighting the dangerous nature of today’s threat environment. The report notes that traditional tools are no match for adversaries now. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-04-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=96314&rss Telefónica is advancing its autonomous networks and enhancing its digital portfolio leveraging AI. Its B2B segment remains a key growth engine with strong momentum across cybersecurity, cloud, and IoT. Brendan Swan 2026-04-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132843&rss AI will create new demands on service provider networks, especially as agentic traffic begins to overtake more traditional forms of data. Provider NaaS and network infrastructure strategies are evolving to meet those needs, but it is early days. Dustin Kehoe - Gary Barton 2026-04-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=103472&rss DXC is seeing results in stronger than anticipated earnings from its two-pronged strategy to steady its legacy business while moving forward with new AI-driven solutions. The company also retooled its sales enablement function. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-04-15T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94892&rss Atos has made significant progress in transforming its business and focusing on more profitable areas. It is looking to build agentic AI, digital sovereignty, and cybersecurity that will help many of its customers to accelerate their AI adoption. Siow Meng Soh 2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132768&rss Salesforce announced more than 30 features for the Slackbot AI agent with which users can leverage apps, third-party AI agents, and data to get work accomplished more effectively. Critically missing from the mix are details regarding security. Gregg Willsky 2026-04-03T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132746&rss AI is reshaping IT from centralized resources to distributed, hybrid multi-cloud environments. Equinix is supporting this transition through its Distributed AI Hub framework as well as embedding AI into Equinix Fabric to enable network automation. Siow Meng Soh - Dustin Kehoe 2026-03-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132748&rss New Akamai research shows adversaries are raising their game with automation and AI to fuel faster and more damaging attacks. These breaches are often going unnoticed, appearing as poor performance until the real loss surfaces later. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-03-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132739&rss Recent EY research shows security practitioners see both sides of the AI coin – as foundational to their security strategies but also as a dangerous threat. Most think their security budgets are inadequate to battle AI-powered attacks. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132735&rss ElevenLabs and IBM are planning to integrate ElevenLabs’s text-to-speech and speech-to-text solutions with IBM watsonx Orchestrate agentic AI platform. There are promising aspects to the partnership but also major concerns. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=103695&rss Despite pressure from falling usage among enterprises, IP voice is seen as a core product by most providers with the contact center market offering the biggest opportunity for growth. Gary Barton 2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132717&rss At RSAC 2026, Cisco launched a slew of new solutions designed to protect AI agents. While there are compelling tools in the mix, the sprawling nature of the offers begs the question about integration complexity. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132682&rss KPN is defending its connectivity leadership while expanding further in security, IoT, CPaaS, cloud services, and private 5G. The plan is supported by an increased focus on partner-led mid-market coverage and AI-driven automation of operations. John Marcus - Beatriz Valle 2026-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132664&rss Google completed its acquisition of Israeli-American security vendor Wiz, adding the latter’s security and AI platform to its portfolio. Incorporating AI, the technology promises to elevate threat intelligence. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-03-12T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132631&rss Threat actors are applying AI as an offensive weapon to breach organizations. IBM research found a dramatic increase in the exploitation of public-facing apps as adversaries take advantage of major gaps in their targets’ security defenses. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132539&rss Neoclouds are a new generation of cloud service providers specializing in AI-focused data center infrastructure and GPU-as-a-Service (GPaaS) i.e., renting out computing power to big tech companies and enterprises building large language models. Beatriz Valle 2026-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132460&rss Recent research conducted by the ISC2 consortium found that skills shortages and employee retention issues still vex security practitioners. These challenges have consequences in terms of efficiency and organizational insecurity. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2025-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132409&rss Nokia’s Enterprise Campus Edge potential sale plans sparked private 5G uncertainty, but the market is growing. Expect more SI/MSP-led multi-vendor solutions, with buyers prioritizing roadmap clarity, OT integration, and lifecycle risk management. John Marcus 2025-12-17T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132379&rss BT International is setting out a strategy that, while not fully formed, already delivers reassuring clarity tightly centered on its Global Fabric WAN and IP voice capabilities. Messaging around security and managed services needs work, however. Gary Barton - Ismail Patel 2025-12-09T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132367&rss The third Proximus Think NXT event focused on sovereignty, cyber defense, and the company announcing plans towards a ‘telco-as-a-platform’ business direction. Ismail Patel 2025-12-05T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132326&rss Palo Alto Networks has made another aggressive M&A move with its planned acquisition of observability startup Chronosphere, expanding its reach into the enterprise. Steve Schuchart - Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2025-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132314&rss A new Verizon survey spotlights how the enterprise’s reliance on mobile and IoT devices created an expanded attack surface. Organizations seeking to combat AI-driven and other threats to this environment are prioritizing cybersecurity investments. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2025-11-20T00:00:00+00:00