This research looks at the importance to CSPs in building differentiated services at the edge of the network.

It examines the related topics of edge computing, white box CPE and improved radio access technology in 5G.

In particular it looks at:

• The current direction and economics of 5G and network slicing
• The current direction and economics of universal CPE in CSPs
• Existing standard and ecosystem initiatives in edge computing

Appledore has published complementary detailed research on SD-WAN, Network Slicing, 5G and Edge computing.