Advanced Network Services 2025 RadarView™

June, 2025

This RadarView™ is designed to inform enterprises about advanced network best practices and provide a relatively granular understanding of key service providers. It begins with a summary of key trends shaping the supply side of the market. It continues with a detailed assessment of 21 providers offering advanced network services. Each profile provides an overview of the service provider, its key IP assets, and a list of clients and partnerships, along with brief client case studies. Each profile concludes with analyst insights on the provider’s practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovations.

Why read this RadarView?

To stay competitive and address the growing enterprise need for autonomous network management, service providers are dedicating over 60% of their investments toward asset and talent development. They are integrating generative AI (Gen AI) to proactively manage network performance, automate support tasks, and ensure high service availability. Additionally, project-based pricing is gaining momentum, with adoption in over 35% of client engagements due to the critical need for advanced network transformation.

The Advanced Network Services 2025 RadarView™ highlights key supply-side trends in the advanced network services space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them. It aids companies in identifying top service providers to assist them in adopting advanced network services. It also analyzes each service provider’s capabilities in technology and delivery support, enabling organizations to identify the right strategic partners for managing their advanced network environments.

Featured providers

This RadarView includes a detailed analysis of the following advanced network service providers: Accenture, AT&T, BT, Capgemini, Cognizant, DXC Technology, HCLTech, Infosys, Kyndryl, Microland, NTT DATA, Orange Business, Tata Communications, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Telefónica, Telstra, UST, Verizon, Vodafone, and Wipro.

Methodology

Our evaluation of service providers is based on primary input from the providers, focused briefings, public disclosures, and Avasant’s ongoing market interactions. The assessment is across the three dimensions of practice maturity, partner ecosystem, and investments and innovation, leading to our recognition of those service providers that have brought the most value to the market over the past 12 months.

Table of contents

About the report (Page 3)

Executive summary (Pages 4–9)

    • Defining advanced network services
    • Avasant recognizes 21 top-tier providers offering advanced network services
    • Provider comparison

Supply-side trends (Pages 10–14)

    • Project-based pricing continues to be the preferred model in over 35% of advanced network engagements
    • Over 60% of the investments are focused on asset and human capital quality development
    • Service providers are expanding their workforce to address the rising demand for skilled talent in advanced network transformations
    • Service providers are using Gen AI to deliver proactive monitoring and support services for advanced network engagements

Service provider profiles (Pages 15–57)

    • Detailed profiles for Accenture, AT&T, BT, Capgemini, Cognizant, DXC Technology, HCLTech, Infosys, Kyndryl, Microland, NTT DATA, Orange Business, Tata Communications, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Telefónica, Telstra, UST, Verizon, Vodafone, and Wipro.

Appendix (Pages 58–61)

    • RadarView assessment
    • Research methodology and coverage
    • Interpretation of classification

Key contacts (Page 62)


Read the Research Byte based on this report. Please refer to Avasant’s Advanced Network Services 2025 Market Insights™ for demand-side trends.

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Avasant’s research and other publications are based on information from the best available sources and Avasant’s independent assessment and analysis at the time of publication. Avasant takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any error/omission or the accuracy of information contained in its research publications. Avasant does not endorse any provider, product or service described in its RadarView™ publications or any other research publications that it makes available to its users, and does not advise users to select only those providers recognized in these publications. Avasant disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. None of the graphics, descriptions, research, excerpts, samples or any other content provided in the report(s) or any of its research publications may be reprinted, reproduced, redistributed or used for any external commercial purpose without prior permission from Avasant, LLC. All rights are reserved by Avasant, LLC.

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