The State of Data Streaming for Telco

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the telco industry. The evolution of telco infrastructure, customer services, and new business models requires real-time end-to-end visibility, fancy mobile apps, and integration with pioneering technologies like 5G for low latency or augmented reality for innovation. Data streaming allows integrating and correlating data in real-time at any scale to improve most telco workloads.

I look at trends in the telecommunications sector to explore how data streaming helps as a business enabler, including customer stories from Dish Network, British Telecom, Globe Telecom, Swisscom, and more. A complete slide deck and on-demand video recording are included.

(Originally posted on Kai Waehner’s blog: “The State of Data Streaming for Telco”… Join the data streaming community and stay informed about new blog posts by subscribing to my newsletter)

General trends in the telco industry

The Telco industry is fundamental for growth and innovation across all industries.

The global spending on telecom services is expected to reach 1.595 trillion U.S. dollars by 2024 (Source: Statista, Jul 2022).

Cloud-native infrastructure and digitalization of business processes are critical enablers. 5G…