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Telecommunications carriers are under pressure and the entire telco delivery model, which has remained roughly the same since telephony was invented, is rapidly changing. Technology offers carriers the only hope of competing and remaining relevant in a world where infrastructure is rapidly becoming commoditised.

A Gartner Hype Cycle report*, released last year, provides some advice as to what technologies carriers should be investigating.

“Significant changes to the markets in which carriers compete are putting renewed pressure on the network operations framework controlling their business networks,” the report says.