(NOTE: This story was originally posted to CRN.com Jan. 18.)

More Of The Same?

The telecommunications market overflowed with mergers and acquisitions, data center sales, and a bevy of new service offerings in 2016. Carriers busied themselves by adding new, strategic services to their legacy connectivity portfolios in an effort to stay fresh, while other providers scooped up fellow carriers to better compete in the crowded market.

Telecom carriers are working hard to shake off their "plain old telephone company" reputations, and this year is already shaping up to match the intensity of 2016. Here are CRN's 10 telco predictions for 2017.