Telecommunications M&A Integration Savings Guide 2025: Network, IT, OSS/BSS, Vendor and GTM

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What Telecom Integration Covers

• Network. Target state for RAN, transport, core, and field ops. Use network sharing and decommission plans where viable. See Analysys Mason on cost and coverage as drivers.
• IT and cloud. Data center exit, application retirement, and cloud moves aligned to AI and automation priorities. Omdia sees telco network cloud spend up 12% in 2025.
• OSS/BSS. Order, billing, assurance, inventory and API layers on a modular ODA path. TM Forum reports growing adoption of Running on ODA.
• Vendor and contracts. Harmonize licenses, support, SLAs, and professional services across suppliers.
• GTM. Single catalog, pricing, and care playbook to protect NPS and reduce churn during cutovers.

Why Now

Key Numbers and References

Savings Levers by Domain

• Network. Retire overlap, share or pool assets where allowed, and reduce premium freight through better spares and field coverage.
• IT and cloud. Exit data centers, move workloads to cloud, and reduce run cost by consolidating CI and observability with AI operations.
• OSS/BSS. Rationalize order and billing stacks, standardize data models, and move to ODA components with open APIs.
• Vendor and contracts. Normalize SLAs, tier licenses by usage, and align rate cards across professional services.
• GTM. One catalog and discount policy, fewer SKUs, single care and retention playbook during migrations.

A 90-Day Telecom Playbook

1. Day 0 to 15. Freeze service and cost baselines with finance. Set guardrails for uptime, ticket volume, and churn.
2. Day 1 to 30. Rank systems by value and risk. Confirm decommission candidates and quick vendor wins.
3. Day 31 to 60. Launch two pilots: one OSS/BSS simplification and one network or data center exit. Track run-rate and quality.
4. Day 61 to 90. Scale the playbooks, negotiate unified vendor terms, and publish a weekly dashboard with owners.

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Integration KPIs

• Run-rate savings vs plan by domain and month.
• Uptime, OTIF for installs or changes, and premium dispatch trend.
• Order fallout, billing accuracy, and cycle time in transition paths.
• Churn, ARPU mix, and NPS in migrated cohorts.

Related Reading

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Sources

• TM Forum. Global Operators Reap the Rewards of ODA. https://www.tmforum.org/press-and-news/global-operators-reap-the-rewards-of-industry-standard-open-digital-architecture-to-deliver-composable-it-architecture/
• Omdia. Telco Network Cloud Market Tracker 2025. https://omdia.tech.informa.com/om136076/telco-network-cloud-market-tracker–2025-annual-forecast-report
• Deloitte. Telecommunications Industry Outlook 2025. https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/technology-media-telecom-outlooks/telecommunications-industry-outlook-2025.html
• GSMA. The Mobile Economy North America 2024. https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/mobile-economy/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/081024-Mobile-Economy-North-America.pdf
• KPMG. M&A Trends in Tech, Media and Telecom. https://kpmg.com/us/en/articles/mergers-acquisitions-trends-tech-media-telecom.html
• Analysys Mason. Cost saving and coverage are main drivers for network sharing. https://www.analysysmason.com/research/content/articles/cost-network-sharing-rdns0/
• TM Forum. Running on ODA. https://www.tmforum.org/running-on-oda/
• Communicationstoday. Open Digital Architecture turns weeks into seconds. https://www.communicationstoday.co.in/open-digital-architecture-turns-weeks-into-seconds/