Developing edge-enabled services is complicated; there are key decisions to be made at each level of the value chain, starting with infrastructure. CSPs are important stakeholders that can determine the growth of the edge market, namely because they are the only ones that can build a significant propertion of it - the network edge.

• Although hyperscalers are viewed as credible partners to support CSPs to build their edge, most CSPs believe only a minor proportion of their edge will be hyperscaler-provided.
• Regardless of the commercial edge strategy, CSPs must be clear on organising their edge partnerships strategy.