Enea Retrospective: What Did We Get Right in Our 2023 Trends Report

At the end of each year, Enea's team of in-house experts come together to share their outlook for the year ahead. Drawing from current events, industry trends, and insights from top industry analysts, they identify and define the most important challenges and opportunities facing the telecomlandscape.Now that we're well into 2024, it's time to delve into last year's report, titled 'Don't Be Surprised, Be Ready: 7 Mobile Trends of 2023'to see what we got right, and what has changed.

The focus of last year's report was centered largely around resilience and security. War in Ukraine and other geopolitical tensions, combined with a general uptick in cyberattacks and the misuse of mobile networks to steal data or commit fraud, meant that signaling and messaging security were high on the agenda. Sustainability was also high on the list of priorities, with operators looking for more cost-effective and environmentally friendly ways to cope with soaring levels of global data traffic. The emerging battleground between wireless and wireline was also put under the spotlight, with both offering competing services and vying for the same customers. And that's just scratching the surface. Investments in IoT connectivity and data observability were also ranked as top trends.

Here's the good bit. Below, you'll find insights from some of the in-house experts who contributed to that report. They've agreed to read what they wrote and reflect on their predictions. Were their predictions correct? Did they get the big calls right? How have things evolved since the report was published?

Let's get started.