Month: August 2025| andoverintel.com
Suppose the telcos were to commit to deploying an edge/IoT service set. Suppose their goal was to do only as little in the application domain as they could, meaning they wanted an IoT “utility” service. What would, or should, it look like? Since I’d done a blog on how edge/IoT might be the only way for telcos to redeem their business model, I got comments from 47 enterprises on what they thought such a service should look like, and in some cases on how far the telco could go.| Andover Intel
The cost of network infrastructure, both capex and opex, directly relates to the architectural policies established in the deployment of network elements. Operators agree with an obvious point, which is that you can reduce both if you reduce the number of devices in the network. They also agree that you can “flatten” a network to simplify it, meaning reduce layering of devices. Whether there are other related or independent simplification/reduction strategies, or exactly what “flattenin...| Andover Intel